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2 |
A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq.; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas |
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Anson, George |
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Anson's Voyage Round the World 1748 |
1748 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,875 |
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5 |
Manuscript document signed by Peter H. Burnett as Governor of California, appointing William McPherson Hill as a notary public in an unnamed California county |
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Burnett, Peter Hardeman |
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Document signed by 1st California Governor |
September 3, 1850 |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,500 |
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6 |
Letter from gold seeker Oliver Breedlove to "Friend Jose," replete with fascinating and interesting details of California in the early days of the gold rush |
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Breedlove, Oliver H. |
(California - Gold Rush Letter) |
Superb California Gold Rush letter |
June 22, [1850?] |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,125 |
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7 |
Archive of material pertaining to early Los Angeles development, primarily relating to Richard Garvey, one-time Pony Express rider and Southern California land speculator and developer; Ozro W. Childs, horticulturist, merchant, land speculator, and a founder of the University of Southern California; and others. |
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Garvey, Richard; Ozro W. Childs, et al. |
(California - Los Angeles) |
Land speculation archive from old Los Angeles |
1860's to early 20th century |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $16,250 |
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8 |
Recopilacion de leyes, decretos, bandos, reglamentos, circulares y providencias de los supremos poderes y otras autoridades de la Repub́lica Mexicana... |
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(California - Los Angeles) |
Law making Los Angeles capital of California 1835 |
1836 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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9 |
Three large manuscript ledger books recording court cases in Placer County, California, from 1855 to 1864 |
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(California - Placer County) |
Placer County court ledgers during Gold Rush |
1855-1864 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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10 |
Archive of documents relating to the Redington Quicksilver Mining Company in northeastern Napa County, California |
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(California - Quicksilver) |
Archive on Napa Cal. Quicksilver Mine, 1870s |
c.1870-1880 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,125 |
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11 |
Spanish document from the lost colony of Branciforte, in what is now Santa Cruz, California |
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Estudillo, José Maria |
(California - Villa de Branciforte) |
From lost California town of Branciforte, 1810 |
1809-1810 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,400 |
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12 |
Manuscript receipt for sale by Nathan Spear to William Heath Davis of "one half of my flock of Goats now upon the island of Yerba Buena," revealing why the island in San Francisco Bay was then and is still called "Goat Island" |
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Leavenworth, Thaddeus M. & Nathan Spear |
(California - Yerba Buena Island) |
Goat Island goats sold to William Heath Davis 1848 |
Oct. 9, 1848 |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,600 |
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13 |
Manuscript letter signed by José Figueroa as Governor of California, to the Secretary of Justice in Mexico City, revealing details of an attempted coup against Figueroa, and requesting the President order the arrest and expulsion of the conspirators |
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Figueroa, José |
(California) |
Coup against Cal. Gov. Figueroa revealed, 1834 ltr. |
June 20, 1834 |
$40,000 - $60,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $31,250 |
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16 |
Profile Map of Engineer Mountain, Mineral Point Mountain, Animas Forks, and Surrounding Region, with General Description of Mines. History and Geology of the San Juan |
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Lakes, Arthur |
(Colorado - Mining) |
Colorado mining map by Arthur Lakes, 1882 |
1882 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,812.50 |
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18 |
Crossing the Plains in 1852: Narrative of a Trip from Iowa to "The Land of Gold," as Told in Letters Written During the Journey |
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Cooke, Lucy Rutledge |
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Rare account of crossing the plains in 1853 |
1923 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $53,125 |
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23 |
California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c... |
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Forbes, Alexander |
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Forbes' California, Zamorano 80 |
1839 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,875 |
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26 |
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772 |
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Hearne, Samuel |
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Hearne's Journey north from Hudson's Bay 1795 |
1795 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $5,000 |
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28 |
[Atlas to:] An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Maps and Plates |
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James, Edwin |
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Atlas and plate volume to Long's expedition 1822 |
1822 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $6,250 |
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41 |
Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country. Illustrated with maps and a portrait of the author |
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Mackenzie, Alexander |
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Mackenzie's Voyages rare 2-volume issue 1802 |
1802 |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Unsold |
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59 |
Panorama of San Francisco, from California Street Hill |
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Muybridge, Eadweard |
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Muybridge's Panorama of San Francisco 1877 |
1877 |
$50,000 - $80,000 |
Unsold |
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67 |
Americae Pars Magis Cognita. Chorographia Nobilis & Opulentae Peruanae Provinciae, atque Brasiliae... MDXCII |
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Bry, Theodore de |
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De Bry map of South American & Southern U.S. 1592 |
1592 |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,375 |
|
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68 |
View of the Conflagration of Marysville, On the Night of August 30th, 1851. Three Entire Squares Consumed - Loss Estimated $500,000 |
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(California - Marysville Pictorial Letter Sheet) |
Pictorial Letter Sheet Marysville Fire 1851 |
[before April 24, 1852] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $937.50 |
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69 |
Wall's Second Addition to the City of Richmond (panel title) |
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(California - Richmond) |
Richmond promo with bird's-eye view 1915 |
1915 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,375 |
|
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70 |
Destruction of San Francisco by Earthquake & Fire |
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Kurz & Allison |
(California - San Francisco Earthquake) |
Kurz & Allison litho of San Francisco Earthquake |
1906 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,812.50 |
|
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71 |
Ansicht von San Francisco |
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(California - San Francisco) |
Rare bird's-eye view of San Francisco 1875 |
[1875?] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,125 |
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72 |
Chinatown San Francisco |
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Chun, Ethel |
(California - San Francisco) |
Pictorial map of Chinatown in San Francisco 1939 |
1939 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,000 |
|
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73 |
Haley & O'Neill Tract Homestead Association |
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(California - San Francisco) |
Homestead broadside for Potrero Hill, S.F. 1870 |
1870 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $10,625 |
|
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74 |
Large photograph of a panoramic painting or print of San Francisco at night |
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(California - San Francisco) |
Moulin photo of large S.F. panoramic view |
c.1920-30 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,125 |
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75 |
Map of San Francisco, California. Showing limits of the burned area destroyed by the fire of April 18th-21st, 1906, following the earthquake of April 18th, 1906 |
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(California - San Francisco) |
Rare post-earthquake map of San Francisco |
May, 1906 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,875 |
|
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76 |
May Turnfest San Francisco Cala. May 7th-8th 1854 |
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Steinneger, Henry |
(California - San Francisco) |
Rare litho of May Turnfest in S.F. 1854 |
1854 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,125 |
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77 |
Oak Park: The Superb Suburb. Owned and Developed by Koff Realty Co... |
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Carlisle, A., & Co. |
(California - San Mateo County) |
Rare brochure for real estate on S.F. Peninsula |
1926 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $937.50 |
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78 |
San Mateo House, A.G. Oakes |
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Gifford, Charles B., artist |
(California) |
C.B. Gifford litho of San Mateo House |
c.1865-70 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $812.50 |
|
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79 |
Scotts Bar, 1857, Siskiyou County, Cal. |
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Kuchel & Dresel |
(California) |
Kuckel & Dresel litho of Scotts Bar, 1857 |
1857 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $5,937.50 |
|
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80 |
Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment. Barker, Moore & Mein, Wholesale Druggists, Philadelphia |
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(Chromolithography) |
Chromolithograph veterinary advertisement |
1883 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $875 |
|
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81 |
Barker's Vegetable Horse Cattle & Poultry Powder. Barker, Moore & Mein, Wholesale Druggists, Philadelphia |
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(Chromolithography) |
Chromolithograph veterinary advertisement |
c.1880-90 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,000 |
|
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82 |
Full Rank - Major Generals of the United States Army - Civil War 1861-65 |
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Kurz & Allison |
(Civil War) |
Kurz & Allison litho Civil War Generals |
1887 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Unsold |
|
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83 |
America Meridionale |
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Coronelli, Vicenzo Maria |
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Coronelli 2-sheet map of South America |
[1691] |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Unsold |
|
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84 |
New Map of Georgia |
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Bernard, Jean Frederic |
(Georgia) |
Rare map of Georgia with S. Carolina & Florida |
1737 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,812.50 |
|
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85 |
Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima delineatio |
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Hondius, Jodocus / Jean Blaeu |
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Rare map of Straight of Magellan, 1630 |
[1630] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $937.50 |
|
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86 |
Indians of the U.S.A. |
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Jefferson, Louise E. |
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Pictorial map of Native Americans in U.S. |
1944 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,625 |
|
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87 |
Valley towards Saltillo, From near the base of Palace Hill, at Monterey (Looking to the S. West) |
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Whiting, Daniel Powers |
(Mexico - Mexican-American War) |
Rare lithograph from Mexican-American War |
1847 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
|
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88 |
Rancheros |
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Meunier, Luis |
(Mexico) |
Rare lithograph of Mexican Rancheros |
c.1850 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
|
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89 |
Map of Mexico, Including Yucatan & Upper California, Exhibiting the Chief Cities and Towns, the Principal Travelling Routes &c. |
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus |
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Mitchell's large Mexican-American War map, 1847 |
1847 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,437.50 |
|
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90 |
Map of the United States by J.H. Young |
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus |
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Mitchell's 1st wall map, the U.S., 1831 |
1831 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,062.50 |
|
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91 |
Topographical Map of the Road from Missouri to Oregon, Commencing at the Mouth of the Kansas in the Missouri River and Ending at the Mouth of the Wallah Wallah in the Columbia, In VII Sections.... From the field notes and journal Capt. J.C. Frémont, and from sketches and notes made on the ground by his assistant Charles Preuss |
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Preuss, Charles |
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Preuss map Oregon Road in 7 sheets 1849 |
1846-[1849] |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,125 |
|
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92 |
Carta Esferica De Las Costas de la America Meridional desde el Paralelo de 36° 30' de Latitude S. Hasta el Cabo de Hornos. Levantada De orden del Rey En 1789. 90. 94.y 95. por varios Oficiales de su Rl. Armada |
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Spain, Dirección de Hidrografico |
(South America) |
Rare Spanish chart of tip of South America |
1798 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
|
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93 |
Map of the city of San Antonio, Bexar County, including suburbs both north and south |
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Fischer, G.A. |
(Texas) |
Large folding map of San Antonio, TX 1924 |
1924 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $937.50 |
|
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94 |
WITHDRAWN - White Star Line First Class Accommodation Plan for the Titanic |
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(Titanic) |
WITHDRAWN - Deck plan of the Titanic |
December 1911 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Unsold |
|
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95 |
Pascaertvande Zuyd Zee en een gedeeltte van Brasil Van Ilhas de Ladronos tot R. de la Plata... |
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Van Keulen, Johannes |
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Keulen map of Pacific with insular California |
[1680-1695] |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,250 |
|
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96 |
A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe according to the Ancient Discoveries and most general Divisions of it into Continents and Oceans |
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Wells, Edward |
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Wells' world map with California an Island 1700 |
1700 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,062.50 |
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