The Island of California, and other Fascinating Ancient Maps

Posted by Queuebot in Media on July 22, 2009 at 6:46 am


Here is a collection of 20 quirky, bizarre and historical maps, covering many areas of the world. War maps, demographic maps, William Clark’s hand-drawn map, and the island of California. What?

Believe it or not, explorers believed California was an island for a very long time and this map depicts that assumption. It would take over 50 years after the creation of this map before it was confirmed that California is indeed attached to the mainland of America.

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4 comments to "The Island of California, and other Fascinating Ancient Maps"

  1. ted
    July 22nd, 2009 at 6:54 am

    They were just looking to the future.

  2. SenorMysterioso
    July 22nd, 2009 at 8:15 am

    Maybe that original notion helped fuel the ridiculous idea that it could break off

  3. Irredeemable
    July 22nd, 2009 at 9:49 am

    Cleary, what those explorers found was the Baja California peninsula (“Peninsula: almost an island”).

  4. Irredeemable
    July 22nd, 2009 at 9:51 am

    Hello typo!!


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