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Collection Gallery 2:
This gallery features six copperplate engraving maps from 1656 to 1779 that show the California landmass as an Island. This is probably the longest running and most notable mistake in cartographic history. Click here for background on this gallery.
Click on any of the thumbnail images of the maps below for a close up view and a written history/description of each. Each enlarged image page also offers you the option to click an arrow to move forward or back through the maps, without returning to this page.
Two of the maps in this gallery include "audio tours" (mp3), featuring collection owner Henry Wendt describing the significance and history of the particular map.
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Nicolas Sanson,
Le Nouveau Mexique, et La Floride
Paris, 1656
(Copperplate Engraving)
Audio Tour
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Giovanni Battista Nicolosi, Mexicum
Rome, 1671
(Copperplate Engraving)
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Nicolas de Fer,
Carte de Californie et du Nouveau Mexique
Paris, 1705
(Copperplate Engraving)
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Guillaume de I'Isle,
L'Amerique Septentrionale
Paris, 1700
(Copperplate Engraving)
Audio Tour
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Miguel Venegas,
Mapa de la California su Golfo, y Provincias fronteras en el Continente de Nueva Espana
Madrid, 1757
(Copperplate Engraving)
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Didier Robert de Vaugondy
Carte de la Californie
Paris, 1779
(Copperplate Engraving)
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Click on any of the map images for larger views and a written description of each.
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