Old, antique map of California by Kino Eusebio Francisco, SJ. 1726
This map was originally drawn in 1702. It locates the earliest California missions, the first of which appeared in 1697. Kino's map carefully records the results of nine journeys he made in northwestern Mexico and along the Colorado River. On one of these, sighting only land to the west from an elevation near the head of the Colorado River, Kino concluded that California was part of the North American continent. Although progressive European cartographers adopted Kino's geography, the California-as-an-island myth was not absolutely dispelled until 1746, when another Jesuit, Father Consag, entered the Colorado River at its mouth in small boats.
Tabula Californiae Anno 1702 ex Autoptica Observatione Delineata a R.P. Chino e S.I.
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Category: Antique maps > America > North America
Old, antique map of California by Kino Eusebio Francisco, SJ.
Copper engraving
Size: 36 x 23cm (14 x 9 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Some light foxing.
Condition Rating: A
References: Burrus E.J., pl. XII, pp.47-50.
From: Stöcklein J. Allerhand So Lehr- als Geistreiche Brief, Schriften und Reis-Beschreibungen, ... Augsburg, 1726.
This map was originally drawn in 1702. It locates the earliest California missions, the first of which appeared in 1697. Kino's map carefully records the results of nine journeys he made in north western Mexico and along the Colorado River. On one of these, sighting only land to the west from an elevation near the head of the Colorado River, Kino concluded that California was part of the North American continent. Although progressive European cartographers adopted Kino's geography, the California-as-an-island myth was not absolutely dispelled until 1746, when another Jesuit, Father Consag, entered the Colorado River at its mouth in small boats.
This map was originally drawn in 1702. It locates the earliest California missions, the first of which appeared in 1697. Kino's map carefully records the results of nine journeys he made in northwestern Mexico and along the Colorado River. On one of these, sighting only land to the west from an elevation near the head of the Colorado River, Kino concluded that California was part of the North American continent. Although progressive European cartographers adopted Kino's geography, the California-as-an-island myth was not absolutely dispelled until 1746, when another Jesuit, Father Consag, entered the Colorado River at its mouth in small boats.