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

---

Size: 2018px × 1238px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookidillustratedh, bookyear1868