David K
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A detailed look (zoom) of a 1956 Government map
Just added to VivaBaja.com/maps a combo of a Norte and Sur map, stitched together:
1956 Government Peninsula Map
Click to zoom in (desktop).
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Lance S.
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Nice!
Does anybody know what t.t.s stands for in the legend?
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David K
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T.T.T. and T.T.S. follow 'TERRACERIA' (Dirt Road). The TTT is with a single line, on the map is where dirt roads are shown. The TTS is a dashed line,
also dirt roads but in addition, trails and where there are no roads, so imaginary roads, perhaps.
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BooJumMan
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Nice. Thank you.
Maybe I had never noticed on other older maps, but I don't recall ever seeing a road/trail on Isla Magdalena before.
In that pre-Google Earth and social media epoch, The Code was adhered to. It was based on a simple verity: if a locale had been transformational for
you, and you had put the hard yards in to get there and to learn it, to know it, why in god�s name would you broadcast the news, thus ruining the
future experience not only for yourself, but for future adventurers?
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Tioloco
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Very interesting map, thank you for posting.
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David K
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Old maps are like windows into the past.
Sadly, this map (and other government maps) doesn't quite get all the locations or names correct.
Fortunately, Howard Gulick extensively mapped the peninsula in the 1950s and early 60s. There are three editions of maps he produced for the Lower
California Guidebook, and while it is not perfect, it is pretty darn close!
1956 Gulick maps, stitched together
Since there was no road south of the Sulfur Mine before 1956, when traveled, there is no coverage between the mine south of San Felipe and Gonzaga
Bay. It was shown on the next edition, 1958. All three editions ('56, '58, and '62) are on my www.vivabaja.com/maps page for you to see.
[Edited on 7-2-2025 by David K]
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SFandH
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Cool map.
I get finer and faster zoom by using my browser's zoom feature.
Apparently it's a vector map, not a raster image.
[Edited on 7-2-2025 by SFandH]
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David K
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This was sent to me as two maps (Norte y Sur). Our Nomad map guy, geoffff, does a great job at stitching them together.
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No La Bocana existed!! Wow.
I did not know that the waters east of Punta Abreojos are called Bahia Ballenas, or that it may have been named PUNTA ABROJOS first.
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This cactus is outside the Antalya Anthropological Museum, which is about 2 hours away from our city (Alanya). There are cacti absolutely everywhere
in Turkiye and some are downright HUGE.
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