AGSL GeoDiscovery

Chart of California

Alternative Title:

Carta reducida del Oceano Asiático ó Mar del Súr que comprehende la Costa Oriental y Occidental de la Penísula de la California, con el Golfo de su Denominacion antiguamente conocido por La de Mar de Cortés y de Las Costas de la América Septentrional desde el Isthmo que úne dicha peninsula con el continente hasta el Rio de los Reyes, y desde el Rio Colorado hasta el Cabo de Corrientes

Description:

by Miguel Costansó 1770 ; engraved by Tomas Lopez, Madrid 1771 ; W. Harrison Sc.

First map to show San Francisco Bay and best map of California up to this point.

Relief shown pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines.

Prime meridian: Tenerife.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Shows topography, drainage, ports, anchorages.

Features profile views of mountains (including descriptive text) above map: Views on the Coast of California &c from a MS. French Journal of M. Savague le Muet in the Countess de Pontchartrain in 1714.

Descriptive text signed: Mexico y Octubre 30 de 1770 Miguel Costansó.

Descriptive text in Spanish.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ch913yj0834

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ch913yj0834

Language:

eng

Creator:

López de Vargas Machuca, Tomás, 1731-1802 and Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808

Publisher:

published according to Act of Parliament by A. Dalrymple,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Nautical charts, Coasts, and Mountains

Theme:

Imagery and Land cover

Date Issued:

1790

Spatial Coverage:

California, Mexico, San Francisco Bay (Calif.), Farallon Islands (Calif.), and Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)

Rights:

Image from the Warren Heckrotte Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false