AltaCalifornia

AltaCalifornia
Al·ta California (älʹtə) also Upper California
The Spanish possessions along the Pacific coast north of the peninsula of Baja California. Early maps of the area often depicted California as an island. When this misconception was corrected in the 18th century, the peninsula came to be called Baja California and the rest of the mainland, Alta California.

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Universalium. 2010.

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