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Carta reducida que comprénde las costas septentrionales de la California Stanford University Public content

Author(s):
and
Publisher:
[publisher not identified],
Access:
Public
Description:
por D. Tomás Mauricio Lopez. The map displays the Spanish knowledge of the coast at the time of Captain Cook's voyage along the coast. When it was printed it was out of date but illustrated findings from Spanish explorations. Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Shows North American coastline from Gulf of Alaska to Monetery, including islands, topography, drainage, routes. Descriptive text throughout. This copy has ink inscription at bottom right: 48.
Collection:
Warren Heckrotte Map Collection
Place(s):
North America, Pacific Coast (North America), Washington (State), Oregon, California, San Francisco (Calif.), Monterey (Calif.), Mendocino (Calif.), Alaska, Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska), and Canada
Subject(s):
Coasts and Discovery and exploration
Held by:
Stanford