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Robert Morden: New Mexico vel New Granata et Marata et California
Title: New Mexico vel New Granata et Marata et California Map Maker: Robert Morden
Description: Rare miniature English map showing California ans an Island, one of the earliest English maps to focus on this region. The map correctly shows the Rio Grande flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, one of the earliest maps to correctly chart the river. A curious small map showing California as an island on the second Sanson model but with two new names in the southern tip: C de la Trinidad and B California. It is also of interest as showing Santa Fe on East bank of the Rio del Norte which continuing debouches into the Gulf of Mexico, where most contemporary maps show it flowing into the Gulf of California. This map appeared in Modern's rare Atlas Terestris, first published in 1687. References: Leighly 82; McLaughlin 98; Tooley 48.
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