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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-01 · 5 entries checked · 1 flagged · 2 issues confirmed · 1 corrected · 1 still open
Baja California peninsula — The entry states that the first printed map showing California as a partial island was published by Henry Briggs in 1625, but earlier printed maps (e.g., Michiel Colijn, 1622) already depicted California as an island.
Baja California peninsula — The entry claims the first full-island map was also by Briggs in 1625, but his map is not the first ever; it is only the first widely influential printed map to show California as an island.
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