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Carta esferica de los reconocimientos hechos en la costa No. de America Stanford University Public content

Author(s):
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Publisher:
Spain. Dirección de Hidrografía],
Access:
Public
Description:
Joaquin Ballester la grabó. Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Prime meridians: Tenerife (top) and Cadiz (bottom). Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Covers land and waterways around Vancouver Island (B.C.). Shows coastline, topography, drainage, islands, ports. "Numo. IIo." at top right margin. " ... in an Atlas marítimo español of some fifty-three maps published in Madrid between 1789 and 1814. This map was undoubtedly published shortly after 1795." - Wagner, Cartog. Northwest Coast, v. 2, p. 361. 2 profile views: Vista de la entrada de Nutka, demorando la Pta. A. al N. 27° E. del mundo distancia 21 millas ... -- Vista del Cabo Frondoso, demorando el Yslote A al N. 37° O. distancia 12 1/2 millas, B. Cabo Frondoso.
Collection:
Warren Heckrotte Map Collection
Place(s):
Pacific Coast (B.C.) and Vancouver Island (B.C.)
Subject(s):
Discovery and exploration
Held by:
Stanford