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1777 - Carte De La Californie : Suivant I. La Carte Manuscrite De L'Amérique De Mathieu Néron Pecci Olen Dresses À Florence En 1604, Ii. Sanson 1656, Iii. De L'Isle Amérique Sept. 1700, Iv. Le Pere Kino Jesuite En 1705, V. La Société Des Jésuites En 1767.

Pre-1824 Maps

This 1777 map shows five early cartographic perceptions of California and the Gulf of California; Islands, settlements, areas of Native American housing, and notable physical features. Includes some dates of discovery, ranging from roughly 1604 to 1767. The map explores California cartography in the late 18 ^th century. The 1604 map correctly presumed that the main body of California extended southward to a peninsula. The 1656 map shows California as an island. The 1700 map reattaches California to the mainland. The 1705 map rendered by a Jesuit missionary c. 1705 finally disproved that California was a separate island. The final …