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Definition of Gulf of california

1. Noun. A gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico.

Definition of Gulf of california

1. Proper noun. a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulf Of California

Literary usage of Gulf of california

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"... between the Gulf of California in the south and the Bay of San Francisco on the north, or between the 22C and 381)1 degrees of north latitude. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"... the skill and care he has exercised in taking out and shipping the ponderous specimens. :o: THE DISCOLORED WATERS OF THE gulf of california. BY THOS. ..."

3. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1891)
"... in any way satisfy the avarice of the adventurers accompanying these expeditions was the discovery of rich pearl fisheries in the Gulf of California. ..."

4. Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimería Alta: A Contemporary Account of the by Eusebio Francisco Kino (1919)
"HAVING SEEN THAT THE gulf of california DID NOT EXTEND TO THIRTY-FIVE ... of the night in regard to the gulf of California, the surrounding new nations, ..."

5. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1895)
"Reports on the Dredging Operations off the West Coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the West Coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, ..."

6. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1876)
"Sandhills of the desert bordering the head of the Gulf of California, around Adair Bay, in the Mexican State of Sonora ; "very abundant in the hills, ..."

7. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1831)
"... of the West Coast of South America, from the Gulf of California to the Archipelago of Chiloe. Also, Tales of Venezuela: Illustrative of Revolutionary ..."

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