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Auction 193, Lot 312

"Passage par Terre a la Californie Decouvert par le Rev. Pere Eusebe-Francois Kino Jesuite Depuis 1698 Jusqu'a 1701...", Kino, Eusebio Francisco, SJ

Subject: Southwestern United States & Mexico

Period: 1705 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
8 x 9.1 inches
20.3 x 23.1 cm
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Father Kino's important map was the first map to accurately depict the region, in particular the relative positions of the Colorado and Gila rivers and the correct localization of the rivers, valleys and mountains of part of Sonora and Arizona. Kino's map, first published in 1705, was intended to disprove the California as an Island theory, but instead actually fueled the controversy and thus the map was reprinted many times. This is a later edition, with a few minor changes in the map. An essential map to any collection of California or the American Southwest.

References: cf. Wheat (TMW) #89; cf. Wagner #483.

Condition: B+

Issued folding with light offsetting. There is a binding trim at top left.

Estimate: $550 - $700

Sold for: $275

Closed on 6/21/2023

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