An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . SAN FK^NCISCO. CIIAPTErv YIT. CALIFORNIA. ^^O^^^^^^t,HE term California was fmnerly applied ex-clusively to the narrow strip of land between^3 the Pacific Ocean and the Californian Now it designates the extensive countryranging from latitude 22° 48 to 42° north,and between the 107° and 124° of west ion-gitude. It is divided into Old, or Lower,CahTornia, and Ne
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . SAN FK^NCISCO. CIIAPTErv YIT. CALIFORNIA. ^^O^^^^^^t,HE term California was fmnerly applied ex-clusively to the narrow strip of land between^3 the Pacific Ocean and the Californian Now it designates the extensive countryranging from latitude 22° 48 to 42° north,and between the 107° and 124° of west ion-gitude. It is divided into Old, or Lower,CahTornia, and New, or Upper, California was unknown to Europeans until 1534, at whichtime Hernando Cortes, the celebrated conqueror of Mexico, equippeda small fieet, took the command in person, discovered the Peninsulaand GuJf of Calif )rnia, and ascended the latter about fifty named it the Vermillion or Red Sea, and it was subsequentlyetyled, by his countrymen. ».he Sea of Cortes. This voyage waf. DISCOVERY OF THE COUNTRY. 113 unfortunate. By storms and other disasters the conqueror of Mexicowas not only prevented from planting a colony, but forced to retracehis course, and even to abandon the original design of the expedi-tion—a north-west passage to the Old World. Previous to this, and during the visit of Cortes to Spain, Nunez deGuzman had marched with an army from Mexico toward the north-west. In his progress, he collected a large quantity of gold, andreceived the submission of many caciques; but was finally stoppedby a rugged mountainous country, which he named New had induced Cortes, prior to his own expedition, to fit out anarmament at Acapulco, which he placed under the command ofHurtado de Mendoza ; but violent storms, and the misconduct of theofficers employed, defeated the objects of the expedition. Six years after the discovery of California, the viceroy, Mendoza,sent an expedition to continue the observations of Cortes. Theofficers ar
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