English: San Juan Island, California, from a map by Tallis, which is an exceptional example of John Tallis and John Rapkin's highly desirable 1851 Map of Mexico, Texas, and Upper California. Drawn by John Rapkin for issue in the 1851 edition of John Tallis' Illustrated Altas.
Section of map showing San Juan Island off the coast of Southern California and corresponding to or near Cortes Banks.
Source/Photographer
Tallis, J., The Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical, 1851.
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