"Mapping the Pacific Coast: Coronado to Lewis and Clark"

Explore 16th- and 17th-century maritime navigation and California's vast terrain in Mapping the Pacific Coast: Coronado to Lewis and Clark, The Quivira Collection, the newest exhibition to open at Mystic Seaport.

On loan from the private collection of Henry and Holly Wendt of Washington, the traveling exhibit features more than 30 rare and historic maps, illustrations and books. Discover early Europeans' changing understanding of the North American Pacific Coast by taking this chronological journey that begins with the collection's oldest map -- a rare 1544 woodcut by Sebastian Munster -- and ends with Thomas Jefferson's decision to commission the Corps of Discovery.