Close
About
FAQ
Home
Collections
Login
USC Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
USC
/
Digital Library
/
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
/
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
/
Mid-17th-century French map of the "island" of California (or Baja California), 1903
(USC DC Image)
Mid-17th-century French map of the "island" of California (or Baja California), 1903
Loading details...
You do not have the permission to view Original image
Download
Share
Copy Asset Link
Request this asset
Description
Photograph of a mid-17th-century French map showing California (or Baja California) as an island, 1903. Bounded by: "Neuvo Mexico" (north), "Las Tres Marias" (south), "Mer de Sud" (west), "Taof"... (east). Photographed from a portion of a map in the Los Angeles Public Library, bearing description as follows: "Le Nouveau Mesique et La Floride Tirees de deverp cartes, et Relations par N. Sauson d'Abbeville, George Ord re du Roy a Paris -- chez Pierre Mariette, Rue S. Jacques a l'epperance avec Privilege du Roy pour vingt-ans, 1656". Other prominent features: "Ligne sous le Tropicque du Cancer", "Mar Vermeio", "Apaches de Xila", "Apaches de Nava"..., "Marata Re".... Published 1656.; "The first Californian who ever went to heaven, according to records in the Huntington Library, was an Indian who died Nov. 22, 1683. This fact is vouched for in a letter just discovered among the manuscripts in the library by Leslie E. Bliss, librarian. The letter is signed by a Jesuit Father, Eusobio Francisco Kino, mathematician, astronomer and man of God. Twenty-five of Father Kino's letters were found in the files in one of which he explains that he came here 'to determine whether this be indeed an island or a peninsula!" -- newspaper clipping.
Asset Metadata
Title
Mid-17th-century French map of the "island" of California (or Baja California), 1903
Subject
Islands
(adlf),
Maps
(lcsh),
Mexico -- Maps
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1903
Type
images
,
maps
Format
3 photograph : photonegative, glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 14 cm., 22 x 17 cm., 26 x 21 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
maps
(aat),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1903
Creator
Chez Pierre Mariette, Rue Saint Jacques, Paris, France (cartographer), d'Abbeville, Sauson, cartographer (creator)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15140
Identifier
1652 (
accession number
), CHS-1652 (
call number
), CHS-1652 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-14010 (
legacy record id
), chs-m15140 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14126 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
14010
Unique identifier
UC143421
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1652.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.0 in × 17.0 in at 300dpi
33.2 cm × 43.2 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Conceptually similar
Map of "California Antigua y Nueva", showing the missions and Camino Real, published 1787, [s.d.]
Close-up of the upper portion of a map of "California Antigua y Nueva" showing the missions and Camino Real, published 1787, [s.d.]
Part of a map including Mexico by Lt.R.W. Hardy, [s.d.]
Deadman's Island in the entrance to San Pedro Harbor, California, ca.1903
Aerial map of California, showing the San Diego region, [s.d.]
Map of altar stations from Mission San Gabriel, California, 1899
Map of the Colorado River, "Plan of the Rio Colorado", prepared by Lieutenant R.W.H. Hardy, R.N., "sculpted" by Sidney Hall, and published by Henry Colburn, London, August 1829
Map of the lower Colorado River, 1850
Looking up the Colorado River from an island near where it enters the Imperial Canal, ca.1903
Panoramic view of the harbor and Avalon city, Santa Catalina Island, ca.1914
Church bell at Mission Santa Inez, Solvang, California, ca.1904
Redrawn map (from about the 1840's or early 1850's) of altar stations from Mission San Gabriel, California, [s.d.]
Wooden bell in the tower at Mission San Buenaventura, California, ca.1903
Mission register page in the hand of Father Francisco Palou, California, ca.1900
Explanation of the "Head of Christ"
Drawing of Mission La Purisima Concepcion near Lompoc, California, by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883
Avila or Abile adobe house, north Los Angeles Street and Alameda Street near the Plaza, 1896
The Smiley Brothers at Smiley Heights, Redlands, ca.1890
Detail of adobe and concrete construction at Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1904
The Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Highland Park (or Garvanza?), Los Angeles, ca.1895-1899
Similar tones
View images with similar tones