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1650 c. – Untitled Dutch map depicting California as an island.

Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3291s.mf000074/
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This 17th century Dutch map depicts western Mexico from Puerto Vallarta to Cape Blanco, mistakenly depicts California as an island. The map includes coastline, coastal features, streams and other bodies of water, missions and settlements, and pictorial representation of relief. The map also includes references to coastal features in California such a “P[uert]o S{an] digio,” P[uert]o Montiroy,” P[uert]o Francisco Draco,” and C[abo] Blanco.”

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