64 THE SERI INDIANS [eth.ann.17 



The Kino map of 1702 gradually came to be recognized as trustwortby 

 in important particulars, and brought to an end the baseless extension 

 northward of the gulf; yet it was seriously inaccurate in details, par- 

 ticularly those affected by the erroneous identification of the second- 

 largest island in the gulf with the largest. Accordingly Isla Santa 

 Inez (the modern Isla Angel de la Guarda) is omitted from its proper 

 position, and replaced by "I. S. August" close to the eastern coast; 

 yet the laud-mass of Tiburon is roughly defined as a peninsula bounded 

 on the north by "Portus S. Sabina" (Bahia Tepopa) and on the south 

 by "Baya S. loa. Bapt." (Baliias Kunkaak and Kino). Two other 

 considerable islands are represented as dividing the width of the bay 

 west-southwest of "I. S. August", and are named "2. Saltz-lnsel"; 

 although evidently traditional, their positions correspond roughly with 

 those of San Estebau and San Lorenzo. The map locates the "ToiJO- 

 kis" between Rio San Iguacio and liio Sonora, with the "Guaimas" 

 immediately below the latter.^ Kino's three pier like islands bridging 

 the gulf were adopted in Delisle's map of America, published in Am- 

 sterdam by Jean Covens and Corneille Mortier about 1722, in greatly 

 reduced size, though larger islands are shown farther northward; and 

 an ill-defined peninsula corresponding to Tiburon is retained.'' The 

 D'Anville map of 1746 embodies Kino's discoveries about the head of 

 the gulf and retains his pier-like islands, yet not only corrects his error 

 in onntting the second greatest island of the gulf, but perpetuates equal 

 error in the ()|)i)osite direction: "I. de S. Vicente" is made the largest 

 of the islands and located near the western coast a little below the mouth 

 of Rio San Ignacio, while "I. de Sta. lues" is made second largest and 

 is located southeast of it and near the eastern coast. The third island 

 in size is named " Seris ", wliile the fourth and fifth, completing the Kino 

 trio, are called " Is. de Sal", and the mainland projection remains defined 

 on the south by "B. de S. Juan".^ The Vaugondy map of 1750 locates the 

 transverse trio of islands in greatly reduced size, and omits the larger 

 islands of the gulf.^ The islands, etc., of tiie Covens and Mortier map of 

 1757 correspond closely with D'Auville's map of 1746, and a nameless bay 

 defines a peninsula in the position of Tiburon.'' The Pownall map of 1783 

 also follows that of D'Anville so far an the islands are concerned, though 

 the position of that corresponding to the present Angel de la Guarda 

 lies beyond the limit of the sheet; "I. de Inez" lies some distance 

 below the mouth of '-Sta. Madalena" river, off the territory of the 

 "Sobas" and "Seris"; "Seris I." is smaller, the two "Sail Is." are 

 smaller still, and there is an ill-defined projection of the mainland, 

 bounded on the south by "B. de S. Juan".''' 



While the makers of the later of these maps were engaged in perpet- 



1 Map in Stocklein, op. c.it. 



^Carte (VAmerifiue, etc. (American mapB, loc. cit., 20.) 



^Am^rique SeptentrioDalo . . . par le Sr. iVAnville, Paris. (Ibid., 50 and 51.) 

 *Am»^riqiie Septi-ijtrioiialo . . . par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy, Paris. (Ibid., 27.) 

 ^L'Ameriqiie Septentrionale. etc., Amsterdam. (Ibid., 160.) 



^A new map of North Atuerica, with the West India Islands. . . . Laid down according to the 

 Latest Surveys, and Corrected from the Original Materials of Govern Pownall, London. (Ibid., 22.) 



