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[*] posted on 8-31-2025 at 01:07 PM


Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  
Look at El Barril/San Rafael
Arroyo Santa Isabel close by does not drain north of San Francisquito
check the coastline between Punta Canoas and Punta Blanco


Yes, several errors... Maps do have them, often as a copyright protection! The AAA Baja map cartographers intentionally named odd mountain peaks after family members, etc.
Still an interesting map, for 1914!!




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[*] posted on 9-5-2025 at 06:31 PM


Sometime between 1914 and 1925 somebody figured out that the map shows the location of Catarina and not Catavina. La Sierrita appears on the 1925 map right where it should be, next to Catarina.
Catarina is correctly shown on an Arroyo that drains into Arroyo Santa Catarina. Mina Luciana makes an appearance on that 1925 map as well.

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[*] posted on 9-5-2025 at 06:43 PM


The location of Catavina is shown on the map, it just isn't labeled. It's shown correctly on Arroyo Catavina .

It's the intersection just above Las Palmas. The trail shown from there to Santa Maria is today's road out of Santa Ines.
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The arroyos may be inaccurate but what is accurate is the order in which places appear on a trail. Makes sense since the information gathered for the map came from people who followed the trails. This makes finding obscure places on the map easier than one might think. Especially since so many of the trails are now approximated by roads.
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[*] posted on 9-5-2025 at 06:46 PM


Las Palmas is actually on Arroyo Jaraguay but because Goldbaum placed Jaraguay below Catarina it shows up on Arroyo Catavina on his map.
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[*] posted on 9-6-2025 at 07:04 AM


Keep up the good work, Lance!



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