(CALIFORNIA) Engel Samuel Memoires et observations geographi

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(CALIFORNIA.) Engel, Samuel. Memoires et observations geographiques et critiques sur . . . septentrionaux de l´Asie et de l´Amerique. 2 folding maps. xxii, 268 pages. 4to, contemporary mottled calf, moderate wear; short tears to maps, intermittent toning. Lausanne, 1765

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A critical survey of the geography of the Arctic region. Pages 78 to 187 are devoted to America's Pacific coastline, with the author concluding that California is a peninsula, not an island. Pages 188 to 265 contemplate the possibility of a northwest passage. Cowan 1933, page 195; Howes E149 ("b"); Lada-Mocarski 18; Streeter sale VI:3460; TPL 384.