UPDATE ON QUIZ: Carrie and Matt Don't Buy 1598 Date

From somewhere on the web:

Most historians agree that Portuguese-born Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo was the first European to explore California. Sailing under the Spanish flag in 1542, Cabrillo hoped to find the northwest passage; instead, he found the California coast and claimed the new-found land for Spain. With his entrance into California, the course of California Indian history changed drastically...

In 1579, an Englishman, Sir Francis Drake, sailed into California. While much discussion has occurred as to exactly where Drake anchored, it is known that he spent five weeks among the California natives. Before leaving, he claimed the whole territory for the English Crown. He based his claim on the "right of discovery." Thus, within the first 40 years of European influence in California, two countries had claimed the land, and neither had acknowledged the rights of the natives who had resided on it for thousands of years.

Other explorers of early California included Pedro de Unamuno in 1587, Sebastian Rodriquez Cermeno in 1595, and Sebastian Vizcaino in 1602-1603. While none of these early explorers stayed very long or developed any framework for the establishment of permanent settlements, their visits had a lasting effect.

So, how can it be that by the time a map was created in 1598, there is a showing of what looks like some "framework for the establishment of permanent settlements"? Unless, of course, it's not California, and we're on a wild goose chase!

D'OH!

UPDATE: Map of St. Augustine, 1759


Has that bay/penninsula thing going on, but I can't find a photo of that darn church/mission, whatever it is.

And note that bottom bit of land, formerly presumed to be Antarctica, is a bit off to the left.

But why? Why? If we're presuming that Pete cares about this for some reason...