This sheet has five depictions of California that present a fascinating cartographic history of the region. The first map reproduces Neron Pecci's map of 1604 showing the peninsula with a ragged coastline and place names derived from Cabrillo's voyage of 1542-3. The second map is a detail from Sanson's 1656 map showing the island of California with place names from the voyage of Vizcaino. Map three is from Delisle's map of America of 1700 with the question of California's insularity left open to interpretation. Map four is Kino's important map of 1705 that finally ended that cartographic myth. Finally, map five is a portion of a Spanish map, showing the Jesuit explorations, that first appeared in Miguel Venegas' Noticia de la California in 1757, which is the first published history of California. This is an important map for any California map collection.

References: McLaughlin #241; Fite & Freeman #52; Heckrotte & Sweetkind #15; Pedley #474.

Condition: A

Crisp impression on hand laid paper with very wide margins and large watermark. Two light printer's creases, else near fine example. A few foxing spots in margins.