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Granada Nova et California

Description:

Relief shown pictorially. California shown as a peninsula with a westward slanting coastline. First printed map devoted to California and the Southwest. Depicts many fabled places, including the seven cities of Cibola (Septem ciuitatum Patria). No other states are known.

From his “Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum”, the first atlas on America.

Shirley 106.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zg757qy1937

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zg757qy1937

Creator:

Wytfliet, Corneille

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

California, Maps, and California as an island

Date Issued:

1597

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