David... on the 1788 map i can read a 3 word name right where Cabo Pulmo is presently. The last word seems to be Pulmo. But can you make out the first
two words in the name?David K - 8-10-2009 at 04:49 PM
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Originally posted by Cardon Man
David... on the 1788 map i can read a 3 word name right where Cabo Pulmo is presently. The last word seems to be Pulmo. But can you make out the first
two words in the name?
Gee wiz, I can't either! Getting old sucks! The map is in the book 'Clavgero's History of (Lower) California' c1937/ c1971 and it is pretty tiny print
on the original in the book.
Here is a close up from that map of the cape:
BajaNuts - 8-10-2009 at 06:44 PM
it is very interesting to watch the shape of the tip of Baja change over the time when the maps were made. And especially the La Paz, mogote,
tecolote, area.
Our scientists are mapping the universe with telescopes and Hubble satellites. Does anyone wonder if our images of the universe as we see them now
through Nasa will look like the 1700's sketches compared to what will come in the future?
I wonder what the future maps of the universe will look like?Cardon Man - 8-11-2009 at 08:35 AM
Thanks David. On the close up it now looks like the word I thought said Pulmo is actually Palmas. Marking the palmas bay no doubt. Still can't make
out the first two words in the name though.Von - 8-11-2009 at 08:47 AM
Hey Cardon Man you live on a sailboat? Your avatar seems to say that just curious................Cardon Man - 8-11-2009 at 08:58 AM
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Hey Cardon Man you live on a sailboat? Your avatar seems to say that just curious................
No seņor. The vessel featured in my avatar is a panga. Living on a sailboat sounds fun though.Taco de Baja - 8-11-2009 at 09:13 AM
The second word may be "della" for "de la" for "of the" as in "___ of the palms"
first word may begin with either an S of an F as the letters look similar on old maps. The closest I can get is Seno della Palmas, or "Breast of the
Palms"...But that's probably not right... Unless there is a nice rounded hill there covered with palm trees. fdt - 8-11-2009 at 02:12 PM
Here is the global warming proof for you David;
On your old maps, between of the Bay of La Paz and Espiritu Santo Island there is an island named San Lorenzo on the San Lorenzo Canal. On the google
earth shots here, that island is under water!
David K - 8-11-2009 at 02:26 PM
I think that's Atlantis!Barry A. - 8-11-2009 at 02:33 PM
-----but, on the 1970 Chris Cross map the island San Lorenzo has migrated to the west, and reappeared-----------perhaps a floating island, which
negates your proposition ?!?!?! or at least brings it into question????
Islands come, and islands go, throughout history, es verdad? The same is true of "climates".
BarryDavid K - 8-11-2009 at 02:57 PM
Islands 'sink' a lot more than oceans rise, me thinks! Look at the Hawaiian Island chain... The newest is the biggest... all others are sinking and
eroding back into the sea!Taco de Baja - 8-11-2009 at 03:25 PM
18,000 years ago sea level was 330 feet lower than it is now. Coastlines and islands all over the world would have looked a lot different than they
do now.fdt - 8-11-2009 at 04:00 PM
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Islands come, and islands go, throughout history, es verdad?
Same as on TV, Gilligans Island, Treasure Island, Fantasy Island, Dream Island, The Island
