La Californie ou nouvelle Caroline (California or New Carolina)
Artist
Nicolas de Fer
Date1720
Mediumengraving on paper
Dimensions19 × 27 in. (48.3 × 68.6 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase in honor of Dr. James C. Moore, Four Centuries Bond Fund
Object numberPC2005.57.1
DescriptionThis map depicts western North America and includes California as an island. Building on existing maps of this area from this time, placenames in New Mexico are placed, particularly along the Rio Grande which is depicted on the fa right side. The title is on the top right and a subsequent lengthy description follows. In the lower left is a blank cartouche and a ship from the eighteenth century is drawn at the middle of the top.On View
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