Manuscript Map[Map of California shown as an island]
Personal name
Main title
- [Map of California shown as an island].
Published/Created
- [ca. 1650]
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Description
- 1 map : ms., col. ; 48 x 69 cm.
Scale info
- Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000].
LC classification
- G3291.S12 coll .H3 Vault : Harr vol. 2, map. 10
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Summary
- "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was in the employ of the Dutch West India Company and produced maps for over 30 years for use by Dutch mercantile and military shipping. He was a business partner of Joan Blaeu, one of the most important map and atlas publishers of the day. Vinckeboons drew a series of 200 manuscript maps that were used in the production of atlases, including Blaeu's Atlas Major. This map from around 1650 shows California as an island. A half-century would pass before Spanish explorers determined with certainty that California was connected to the mainland of North America. Place names are carefully indicated on the map in red and black, and include, for example, Cape San Lucas (at the tip of present-day Baja California), Mexico, and the Tres Maria Islands off the coast of the Mexican mainland. The map is part of the Henry Harrisse Manuscript Collection in the Library of Congress." World Digital Library.
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Notes
- Pen-and-ink and watercolor.
- Relief shown pictorially.
Additional formats
- Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
LCCN
- 99443375
Geographic class no.
- 4360
Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Additional Links
- About the Collection http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.eur/kbhtml.0003
- Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier. Selections from the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.hisp/esphtml.0004
Type of material
- Manuscript Map
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