Audience de Guadalajara, Nouveau Mexique, Californie, &c.

Attribution:

Nicolas Sanson

Date:

1657

Description:

This hand-colored map of the Audiencia or High Court of Guadalajara is one of the first maps to focus on California as an island, this one showing a variation of the northern coastline with two large bays. On the mainland, it shows the names of established places—such as New Mexico and Sinaloa—with the mythical cities of Quivira and Cibola.

Bancroft call number:

G4410 1657 .S3

Digital image courtesy of:

The Bancroft Library