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Description
Extracts from five maps which show the northwest coast. Engraved maps, 36.5 x 29, issued by Robert de Vaugondy to illustrate the current views of the geography of the northwest in supplement to Diderot's "Encyclopedie." The set was also issued in a smaller form. Depicts California as interpreted by five different cartographers from approximately 1604 to 1767: Mathieu Neron Picci, Nicolas Sanson, Guillaume de L'Isle, Father Eusebio Kino, and an unnamed Jesuit.
North America - Maps Cartography - California - History - Sources Cartography Maps North America - Maps - Early works to 1800 Kino, Eusebio Francisco, 1644-1711
Place
California North America
Source
Original map, 46 x 38 cm: Henry Raup Wagner Collection of Maps and Atlases, folder w637
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