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[*] posted on 2-7-2011 at 11:58 AM
Early Historic Maps of Baja


Has this link to numerous historic maps been posted before (various resolutions)?

Maps of the Pimeria: Early Cartography of the Southwest by Jack Mount

Sample from 1744 showing Baja as an island, as it was for many years:





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[*] posted on 2-7-2011 at 08:05 PM


good find.



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