COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
01559
File Name:
01559-1
Call number:
B757 V455n
Map title:
Mapa de la California su Golfo, y Provincias fronteras en el Continente de Nueva España.
Place of Publication:
[Madrid]
Publisher:
[Widow of Manuel Fernanadez]
Publication date:
1757
Map size height:
36.3 cm.
Map size width:
31.2 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; vol. 1, preceding p. 1
Geographical 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 author:
Venegas, Miguel, 1680-1764
Source title:
Noticia de la California, y desu conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente .. Tomo primero
Source place:
Madrid : En la imprenta de la viuda de m. Fernandez, y del Supremo consejo de la Inquisicion, M.D.CCLVII
References:
Wagner, H.R. Cartography of the Northwest coast of America, 587, vol. 1, p. 154-155; http://www.dsloan.c… (June 2004)
Geographic Area:
South America
Historical 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.
Normalized date:
1757
Creator:
Is. Peña
Mapa de la California su Golfo, y Provincias fronteras en el Continente de Nueva España.
