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Photograph by Putnam & Valentine 



THE HIGHWAY AROUND LAKE TAHOE : CALIFORNIA 



Sir Francis Drake, the English navigator, named California "New Albion," in honor of 

 England, but the name did not •'take. - ' The coined name "California,"' taken from the 

 Spanish romance. "Las Sergas de Esplandian." proved to be more appropriate. 



