I visited the Boston Public Library’s shiny new Map Center, and saw this map by Henri Abraham Châtelain from 1719 which amused me:
If that’s not clear, here’s a close up:
That island to the west of New Mexico (“Nouveau Mexique”) is, according to the map, either California or the Carolinas.
An island.
I thought that’s supposed to happen after the Big One hits….
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