Double hemisphere map showing California with two bays on the northern part of the island. Island labeled California with C. S. Luca at the southern tip. Area to the north and west is blank. Sabin 80158, 80159. Map shows the route of Captain George Shelvocke’s circumnavigation of the globe. Faint trace of type above the western hemisphere reading “THE WORLD.” Issued in: A voyage round the world by the way of the great South Sea / By Capt. George Shelvocke. -- London: Printed for J. Senex ... MDCCXXVI (1726). Reissued as a second edition in 1757 with a new imprint: London: W. Innys and J. Richardson ... 1757. [John Senex].
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