Plano de la Ensenada y laguna de Mescaltitan....

Published: [Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1782; approximately 1908]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 map).
Additional Creators: Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library) and AM (Publisher)

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Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America

Summary

Tracing of Juan Pantoja y Arriaga's 1782 manuscript made by Irving B. Richman, (?)1908. Shows soundings and coasts in Goleta (Calif.) region and identifies 7 Indian villages.

Subject(s)

Pantoja y Arriaga, Juan
Coasts—California—Goleta—Maps—Early works to 1800
Indians of North America—California—Goleta—Maps—Early works to 1800
Goleta (Calif.)—Maps—Early works to 1800

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Manuscript maps

Note

AM reference: VAULT drawer Ayer MS map 245
FULL TITLE: Plano de la Ensenada y laguna de Mescaltitan: que se halla 37 millas al e[ste] de la Ensenada de la Purissima Concepcien situada en la Canal de Santa Barbara en la costa septentrional de la California y se halla aquella por la lat[itud] n[orte] de 34 g[rados] 23 min[uto]s y en la long[itud] de 14 g[rados] 46 m[inuto]s al oeste de San Blas.
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
Original manuscript forms part of Pantoja's logbook in the Archivo General de la Nacíon in Mexico City. Cf. Whitehead, R. S., Voyage of the frigate Princesa (1982), pp. 122, 130-1 and Wagner, H. R., Cartography of the Northwest coast of America (1937), v. 2, p. 347 no. 683.
Title from cartouche. Added title, inside neat line: Ensenada de Mescaltitan.

Location of Originals

Edward E. Ayer Collection, Newberry Library

Copyright Note

Material sourced from the Newberry Library

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