File:Gutierrez Americas-California.jpg

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Description Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio, the first map of the Americas to use the name California. (Note the horizontally oriented, small-script word, "California," placed in the Sea of Cortez, adjacent to the small portion of Baja California showing on the map.)
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Source https://www.loc.gov - CD containing MrSID files
Author Gutiérrez
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[Map of America].

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current17:35, 20 July 2008Thumbnail for version as of 17:35, 20 July 20082,623 × 2,977 (9.2 MB)Joopr (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=First map of America which mentions California |Source=http://www.loc.gov/ CD met MrSID bestanden. |Date=1562 |Author=Guitérrez |Permission= |other_versions= }} Category:America Category:Old maps Category:Antwerpen
06:05, 26 November 2006Thumbnail for version as of 06:05, 26 November 2006640 × 654 (122 KB)Jmabel (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=''Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio'', the first map of the Americas to use the name California |Source=http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/invent.html, map itself at http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492

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