The North part of America conteyning Newfoundland, New England, Virginia, Florida, New Spaine and Nova Francia, with ye riche Iles of Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, and Porto Rieco, on the south, and upon ye west the large and goodly island of California
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic |
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| Form | cartographic material |
| Extent | 1 map : engraved ; 27 x 34 cm. |
| Place | England |
| Place | [London |
| Publisher | William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone |
| Publication date | 1625; 1625] |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
| Map data | Scale [ca. 1:23,500,000] ; W 255°--W 345°/N 65°--N 10° |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630 | |
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| Associated with | Elstracke, Renold, active 1590-1630 |
Subjects
| Subject | North America > Early works to 1800 |
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| Genre | Map |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | R. Elstracke Sculpsit. |
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| Note | The first printed map in English to show California as an island, with flat northern coast. |
| Note | Cities, etc. ; shoals; pictorial symbols; notes. |
| Note | Watermark. |
| Note | Notes on map refer to California, Sr. Thomas Button and Mr. Baffin. |
| Note | Projection: simple conical. |
| Note | "852" & "853" inside neat line in top left & right corners of map. |
| Note | Engraved by: R. Elstrake Sculpsit (lower right). |
| Note | On the map are two notes, one stating"California sometymes supposed to be a part of ye westerne continent, but scince by a Spanish Charte taken by ye Hollanders it is found to be a goodly Ilande: the length of the west shoare beeing about 500 leagues..." |
| Note | Issued in: Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes, III, 852-3. London, 1625, to accompany an article by H. Briggs on the Northwest Passage. |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/sy409bk9698 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- 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.
- Copyright
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