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Map of California as an Island
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Tom Hart
Providence, RI, United States
Mark W
Baltimore, MD, United States
Rich M
Mt Airy, MD, United States
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Toronto, Canada
Todd Pearson
San Francisco, CA, United States
David Houston
London, United Kingdom
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Turin, Italy
Thilde Wolf
Lund, Sweden
George Webster
London, United Kingdom
Simon
London, United Kingdom
Fine example of the several 17th-century maps reflecting the misconception, propagated by various confused reports from Spanish explorers, that California was separated from mainland North America by a strait now known as the Gulf of California. The idea persisted despite contradictory evidence from various explorers at the time, but was finally laid to rest with the expeditions of Juan Bautista de Anza in 1774 - 1776.