AMERICA

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Description

Type of resource	cartographic
Extent	1 map : hand col.;16 x 18.8 cm., 16.8 x 23.1 cm. including borders and text.
Place	[Leipzig]
Date created	[1749]
Map data	[ca. 1:11,000,000] ; W 160° --E 20°/N 90° --S 90°

Creator	Schreiber, Johann Georg, 1676-1750.

State 2	[1749], with changed title cartouche: plaque now has title and "leaf collar" above it, without cartographer identification, and text in lower right re-written.Similar to map of same title issued by Probst, [1784?], except for changed cartouche.
References	UCB.
Note	California as large island with nearly flat northern coast and many coastal place names. "TERRA ESONIS INCOGNITA" and "Fretum Anian" to northwest, and "Paye de Moozemleck" to north. Title cartouche (lower left) as large plaque with a native on each side. Column of text to map right explains map abbreviations.
Original McLaughlin Book Number (1995 edition)	233
Original McLaughlin book number (1995 edition) with latest state information	233-02
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/bs514ds1231

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The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island

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