Re: [californiadisasters] Re: A Collection That Identifies California As A World Apart

Kate,

I suspect that between the Spanish novel about sexy Amazons on an island ruled by Queen Califia and folks coming up the coast seeing Baja California as unattached to the continent and assuming Alta California was likewise separated from the Continent and then other cartographers for lack of better information simply repeating the error of previous maps led to this myth. I am unaware of any Great Flood of 1862 events happening during these times although it is certainly conceivable.

Kimmer

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Kate Hutton <katehutton@gmail.com> wrote:

 

Maybe it's not the wrong group.  Was the Great Valley flooded at the time?  I don't know the answer, just asking ...

Kate

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:

Oops, sent that to the wrong group gang... so sorry! But it is about California at least! ;-)

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:

Early maps depicting the region as an island draw academics.

By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times

December 16, 2012, 10:25 p.m.

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