Archive image from page 779 of The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni05rees Year: 1819 CALIFORNIA. fV, has no otiitr boiiiui:, acLOiJinf; t' ''' ftatiment of La I'croufe, founded on lie opinion of the govtinoi of Won- tcrrev, than ihofc of America ilfclf. the latitude of 43, a ftcond cape or point, towhicli he- j;ave tlie name of Capo Blanco, and that the navigable in- kt or larjc river which he difcovered is near this cape, and tliat it is a Urait which leads to a great city, named ' Qui- 11 .1 - 1
Archive image from page 779 of The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni05rees Year: 1819 CALIFORNIA. fV, has no otiitr boiiiui:, acLOiJinf; t' ''' ftatiment of La I'croufe, founded on lie opinion of the govtinoi of Won- tcrrev, than ihofc of America ilfclf. the latitude of 43, a ftcond cape or point, towhicli he- j;ave tlie name of Capo Blanco, and that the navigable in- kt or larjc river which he difcovered is near this cape, and tliat it is a Urait which leads to a great city, named ' Qui- 11 .1 - 1 • /-i nicnt m perfon _ , ;iad encountering every knid ot danger, he at lengtn, \'./.. in 1 ;)<), difcovered this , and furvcyed the greater 'uf the g'df w'nich feparatts it from New Mexico. During a long period, however, this country was fo little frequented, that even its form was unknown, and in moll charts it wasreprefented as an ifljnd, and not as a peninlula. In I54<'. Me:ido<;a, viceroy of fJrxico, difpatched Fnm- cifco Marion to fenrch towards the well for the pretended llrait of Aniai. ; but he advanced no higher than the lati- tude of v;6', and made no difcovery. Tiiis fame projeft was renewed in 1542, hy Rodrigncs de CabriUo : but this whole expedition ferved oidy to explore a cape in the lati- tude of 41 Jo', which was denominated Capo Mendocino, in honour of the Mexican viceroy. In J5;8, fir Francis Drake found, thai in the latitude of 48'', there exifted lands and men ; and after having recoiinoitercd the coaft through an extent of 220 leagues, which terminatts in 37°, he called the country which he had difcovered '« New Al- bion,' and took poiTeffi in of it in the name of Elizabeth, queen of England. In the latitude of ;8° 30', he difco- vered the harbour where he made fome (lay, and which has prefei-ved his name. From an account of Drake's voyage, publiihed in a trcatife entitled ' The World encompaffed by Fletcher,' London, 16
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