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1632 Cardona Descripcion Indias
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1632 Cardona Descripcion Indias

Map "of all of the Indies" i.e. America, by Nicolás de Cardona mainly to show the gulf that separates Baja California from the rest of North America. Page 161 of the Descripciones geográficas e hidrográficas de muchas tierras y mares del Norte y Sur en las Indias, en especial del descubrimiento del Reino de la California (Geographic and hydrographic descriptions of many northern and southern lands and seas in the Indies, specifically the discovery of the kingdom of California), written by captain Nicolás de Cardona after his expedition of 1614.

Date
June 24, 1632
Place
the Americas
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
2,165 × 3,184 pixels

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