Collection search - This map recently discovered in the U.S. National Archives, depicts discoveries of the Perez expedition of 1774. Its title reads: "Small-scale Map of the Asiatic Ocean or South Sea, which encompasses the entire coast of California from Puerto de Monterey up to Punta de Santa Magdalena, prepared in accordance with the observations and surveys of Ensign, Frigate Grade, and Pilot First Class of the Royal Navy, Department of San Blas, Don Juan Pérez, by Don Josef de Canizarez." [cartographic material]

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