A new & accurate map of Mexico or New Spain together with California, New Mexico &c

Alternative Title:

New and accurate map of Mexico or New Spain together with California, New Mexico et cetera

Description:

drawn from the best modern maps & charts & regulated by astronl. observns. by Eman: Bowen. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Title cartouche at bottom with illustration alongside depicting European figure holding a sword and standing above two Natives he has restrained. Inset: The Gallapagos Islands discovered & described by Capt. Cowley in 1684. At bottom left outside the border: "No. 110." At top left: "California, which has been Described and Represented as an Island, even by very modern Geographers, was Discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino a Jesuit, to be a Peninsula between the Years 1698 and 1701 who, together with other Jesuit Missionaries, travelled thither by Land & converted, a great Number of Natives." At bottom left inside the neatline, under inset map: "West from the Lizard". At bottom right inside the neatline: "West Longitude from London".

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ss446gr1623

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ss446gr1623 and 39717976

Language:

eng

Creator:

Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767

Publisher:

s.n.

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

1752

Spatial Coverage:

Mexico, Central America, Southern States, and Southwest, New

Rights:

Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island 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.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false