Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630

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The north part of America : conteyning Newfoundland, New England, Virginia, Florida, New Spaine, and Noua Francia w[i]th ye riche isles of Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, and Porto Rieco, on the south, and upon ye west the large and goodly iland of California. The bonds of it are the Atlantick Ocean on ye south and east sides ye South Sea on ye west side and on ye north Fretum Hudson and Buttons Baye a faire entrance to ye nearest and most temperate passage to Japa[n] & China, 1625

Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 3

Identifier: 2020-SC-024-022

Scope and Contents

The first printed map in English to show California as an island, with flat northern coast.

Dates: 1625

Found in: Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon / 2020-SC-024, Paul Stevens map collection