Granata Nova et California

Attribution:

Corneille Wytfliet

Date:

1597

Description:

Corneille Wytfliet’s map is the first printed map devoted to California and the American Southwest from the first atlas devoted solely to the Americas. It depicts the fabled seven cities of Cibola (Septme ciuitaum Patria), shown around a lake. The map illustrates California as a peninsula attached to the North American continent, not as an island.

Bib. Reference:

Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentum, siue, Occidentis (Louanii: Tijpis Iohannis Bogardi)

Bancroft call number:

G1100.W9 1597b

Digital image courtesy of:

David Rumsey Map Collection