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Title
View of the Island de Cerros, on the coast of California [in the Bay of Sebastiano Vizcaino, Lower California, Mexico]
Creator
Sykes, John (1773-1858), British, artist
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1791 and 1795]
Publication Information
Bancroft Library
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information
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Description
Rough mountains coming down to water.
Handwritten title (LC): View of the Island de Cerros, on the Coast of California; The peak N 40 Et dist. off shore 5 or 6 leags. Signature (LR): John Sykes. Handwritten (LR, above signature): 37.
Type
image
Format
Drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil 8.1 x 36.9 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf3p3008t8
BANC PIC 1963.002:1134--ffALB
Subject
Expeditions & surveys
Mexico
Voyages to the Pacific

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