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(CALIFORNIA.) Royal Society. The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1700 to the Year 1720) Abridg'd . . . Vol. V. 1721
(CALIFORNIA.) Royal Society. The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1700 to the Year 1720) Abridg'd . . . Vol. V. 3 folding maps, numerous folding plates. 4to, contemporary calf, worn, joints cracked. London, 1721
- Notes: Most noteworthy for a pristine copy of the important map, "A Passage by Land to California Discover''d by ye Rev. Fathr. Eusebius Francis Kino Jesuite between ye Years 1698 & 1701," which accompanies an extract titled "Of a Passage by Land to California, and a Description of that Country" by Francisco Maria Picolo, 191-196. The French 1705 first edition of this map was the first to demonstrate that California was not an island. Cowan California page 140; Schwartz & Ehrenberg 75 (French edition); Parke-Bernet auction, 20 October 1959, lot 877 (this copy).
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