Quivira and Anian

Puget Sound was one of the last bits of sub-arctic coastline to be filled in on the world maps. No Europeans came this way till 1789 or so (Juan De Fuca was probably lying about his 1592 visit).

But until it was all mapped, the mappers needed to fill in the void, so they just made stuff up.

The northernmost point located by reliable sources in the 1600s and 1700s was Cape Mendocino, so anything north of that was imaginary, to say the least. But that didn't stop mapmakers from copying these imaginary places from one map to the next over the centuries. They usually kept the names in roughly the same locations, with the occasional wandering bay or river, but never mind that.

North of a major river near 50 degrees latitude was the Kingdom of Anian. South of that, but north of California was the Kingdom of Quivira.

The coastline itself was drawn wildly inaccurate, as well, but in the map below, I've tried my best to match their placenames with the true coastline.

And so, without further ado, I present to you the true and accurate map of Quivira and Anian:

(If you want to see it larger, just click on it.)