California as an Island

For more than a century, Europe's best maps showed California as a giant island. This hand-painted Dutch chart is one of the finest.

Made by

Joan Vinckeboons (Johannes Vingboons)

Date

c. 1650

Held by

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (G3291.S12 coll .H3)

Medium

Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolour, 48 × 69 cm