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Title
New and Accurate Map of Mexico or New Spain together with California New Mexico &c. Drawn from the best Modern Maps & Charts & Regulated by Astronl. Observns. by Eman. Bowen. No. 110 lower left
Creator
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767, cartographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1741
1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
1748
1749
1750
1751
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
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Description
Kashnor notes, "Contains the following note, 'California, which has been Described and Represented as an island, even by very modern Geographers, was discovered by Father Eusebius Francis Kino, a Jesuit, to be a peninsula between the years 1698 and 1701." Cartouche cut "shewing a Spaniard ill-treating two Indians." Submap of Gallapagos Islands. Submap: The Gallapagos Islands Discovered & Described by Capt. Cowley in 1684.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: Cat. 105 253.
Type
image
Extent
1 map : 36 x 42 cm. on sheet 43 x 45 cm.
Identifier
105:253 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10296
Language
English
Time Period
ca. 1746
Place
North America
Mexico
Central America
Guatemala
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
W 120°
W 75°/N 37°
N 5°
Source
Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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