Mapa de la California su Golfo, y Provincias fronteras en el Continente de Nueva España.
Creator 1:
Is. Peña
Creator 1 role:
sculp.
Place image published:
[Madrid]
Image publisher:
[Widow of Manuel Fernanadez]
Image date:
1757
Image function:
fold-out map; vol.1, preceding p. 1
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
36.3 cm.
Image dimension width:
31.2 cm.
Page dimension height:
40.7 cm
Page dimension width:
33 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
Map of the Baja Peninsula of California and of part of Mexico surrounded by vignettes including gannets or birds, bighorn sheep, coyote, beaver, four scenes of native Americans hunting, fishing, curing sickness, and showing religious ceremonies. Also includes scenes of Spanish martyrdom, Lorenzo Carranco and Nicolas Tamaral, at the hands of native Americans. Cartographic elements include location of rivers and settlements and degrees of latitude and longitude. Decorative elements include the Jesuit symbol, feathered headdress and fans, bows, arrows, and fishing net.
Source creator:
Venegas, Miguel, 1680-1764
Source Title:
Noticia de la California, y desu conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente .. Tomo primero
Source place of publication:
Madrid
Source publisher:
En la Imprenta de la Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, y del Supremo Consejo de la Inquisicion
Source date:
M.D.CCLVII [1757]
notes:
Venegas, a prominent Mexican Jesuit, finished the manuscript of this book in 1739. It was extensively revised by Andrés Marcos Burriel. Considered the first history of California, it is notable for publishing the explorations of Father Consag which established that California was not an island and for publishing Torquemada' account of the Vizcaino expedition.Carranco and Tamaral were martyred at the beginning of Pericú revolt in 1734.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities; Flora and fauna; Indigenous peoples; Geography, maps, city views and plans
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico; Mexico--Maps
References:
Wagner, H.R. Cartography of the Northwest coast of America, 587, vol. 1, p. 154-155; http://www.dsloan.c…(June 2004)
