Folio. Hand-colored vignette on title-page, 25 plates, many folding. Publisher's quarter calf gilt. Provenance: Albert Sperisen (1908-1999), longtime Book Club of California librarian (bookplate).

LIMITED EDITION, one of 450 copies, with prospectus and additional maps and leaves laid in. "The misconception that California was an island persisted until early in the eighteenth century, and at least 170 maps, in numerous editions, record this error. Professor Leighly's essay is an important contribution to the history of cartography of the West Coast of North America and of the early exploration and navigation of the Pacific Slope." ASSOCIATION COPY, PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE CLUB'S LIBRARIAN.