Antique Map of California as an Island "The 5 Californias" by Robert de Vaugondy
Located in San Diego, CA
The second map is Nicholas Sanson's map of California as an Island, based upon his larger map of 1656.
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Antique Map of the World with California as an Island, 1788
Located in Langweer, NL
At right is a cordiform projection (heart-shaped). At top is a map of the world as known to the ancients. Both the polar and cordiform projections show California as an island.
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$671Sale Price|20% Off
Greenland and California as an Island – Antique Northern Hemisphere Map, ca.1750
By Isaak Tirion
Located in Langweer, NL
Greenland and California as an Island – Antique Northern Hemisphere Map, ca.1750 Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van de Noord Pool na de alderlaatste ontdekking int licht gebracht ...
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$2,194Sale Price|25% Off
Antique Map of America with California as an Island by Homann '1710'
Located in Langweer, NL
California as an Island: One of the most distinctive features of this map is the depiction of California as an island.
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Antique Miniature Map of the Western Hemisphere, California as an Island, c.1683
Located in Langweer, NL
The map shows California as an Island, no Northwest Coast of America and an incomplete New Zealand.
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$368Sale Price|25% Off
Nice Sheet of the Sangihe Archipelago in Indonesia & California Island, 1788
Located in Langweer, NL
De Eilanden van Sangir Sjauw en Pangasare (..)'. Interesting map that includes a map of the North Pole featuring the island of California with a narrow isthmus near the center of its...
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Old Map of the Overland Route to California – Early Exploration Pathways, 1701
Located in Langweer, NL
Kino’s explorations in the late 17th and early 18th centuries were pivotal in correcting the prevailing European misconception that California was an island. The map covers the nort...
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Unique Antique Projection of the World with Twice California as an Island, c1703
Located in Langweer, NL
On this old engraving you can find California as an Island twice! Rare! Artists and Engravers: Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) was a Professor of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at th...
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New Map of the Terraqueous Globe - WORLD MAP - CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND
By Edward Wells
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is the second version of this very attractive, decorative and simplified design, created for the education of Duke William. Shows California as an Island, a portrayal that still...
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Western Hemisphere Map with California as an Island
Located in New York, NY
California is depicted as an island off the coast of North America.
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Western Hemisphere Map with California as an Island
Located in New York, NY
California is depicted as an island off the coast of North America.
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1701 Western Hemisphere Map with California as an Island
Located in New York, NY
Also interesting are the map's cartographical errors common at that time, most prominently California depicted as an island off the western coast of North America.
Engraving
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H 11.5 in W 7.5 in
c. 1750 Double-Hemisphere World Map showing California as an Island
Located in New York, NY
The first map to show the island of California was printed in 1622.
Engraving
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H 23.23 in W 15.36 in D 0 in
Rare Print of Archduke Charles of Austria Showing California as an Island, 1704
Located in Langweer, NL
Allegorical portrait of the Archduke Charles of Austria (calling himself the Spanish king Charles III) as Roman general, 1704. In the foreground near Neptune, Africa and Asia carry a...
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Six Framed & Matted Map Prints Of The World
Located in Chicago, IL
Each one is unique, with one map depicting California as an island. Maps are 14" x 17" without the frame.
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H 8.08 in W 10.83 in D 0 in
Double Hemisphere World Map on Polar Projections & California Island, 1788
Located in Langweer, NL
Interesting double hemisphere world map on polar projections. In North America, there is a large Island of California.
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H 15.91 in W 20.71 in D 0 in
Antique Double Hemisphere World Map with California as an Island, 1710
Located in Langweer, NL
California is shown as an island and Terra Esonis stretches from just above California nearly to Asia and the land of Yedso above Japan.
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H 20.48 in W 24.22 in D 0.02 in
Rare Antique Map of the Americas with Island California by Danckerts, c.1680
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare Antique Map of the Americas with Island California by Justus Danckerts, ca. 1696 This exceptional antique map titled Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio per I.
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H 8.08 in W 12.6 in D 0.02 in
Antique Map of the World with California as an Island by Keizer & de Lat '1788'
Located in Langweer, NL
At right is a cordiform projection (heart-shaped). At top is a map of the world as known to the ancients. Both the polar and cordiform projections show California as an island.
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Antique Map of Americas - California as an Island
By Nicolas de Fer
Located in Houston, TX
Splendid hand colored vintage map of the Americas with California depicted as an island by cartographer to the King of France Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720), 1717.
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1729 French World Map showing California as an Island
By Jacques Chiquet
Located in New York, NY
Typical for maps of this period, California is shown as an island.
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Antique Map of the East Indies by Bonne '1776'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Indes IVe Feuille'. Very decorative original antique map of the East Indies. Covbers from the Gulf of Siam (Gulf of Thailand) and Malacca (Malaysia) eastward to i...
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Antique Map of Guadelupe in the Caribbean, 1759
By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte De L'Isle De La Guadeloupe'. Detailed map of Guadalupe, Mari-Galante and the Isles de Saintes. Produced by Nichlas Bellin for Prevost d'Exiles influential t...
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$1,503
H 19.3 in W 26.78 in D 0.02 in
Greenland & the North Pole – Antique Polar Map by V.M. Coronelli, c.1692
By Vincenzo Coronelli
Located in Langweer, NL
Globe gore by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli shows the North Pole with the coasts of Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia and Siberia, and is decorated with pictorial scenes of bear, seal and wh...
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$2,925
H 15.52 in W 21.26 in D 0.02 in
Mid-18th Century Antique World Map by R. & J. Wetstein, Netherlands
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique world map titled 'De Werelt Caart'. A scarce and richly detailed double hemisphere world map that was probably based on an earlier work by Cornelis Dankerts. This map has t...
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$6,179Sale Price|20% Off
H 20.79 in W 25.2 in D 0.02 in
Gorgeous Antique World Map by the Dutch Mapmaker Visscher, published circa 1679
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Novissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula, Auctore Nicolao Visscher'. Gorgeous example of Nicholas Visscher's World map, which appeared in his Atlas Minor after 1679...
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$438Sale Price|25% Off
H 8.08 in W 11.03 in D 0.02 in
Antique Map of the World with Polar Projections by Keizer & de Lat, 1788
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Schuine Ronde Aard-Klooten (..)'. Interesting double hemisphere world map with polar projections. In North America, there is a large Island of California. Austral...
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$540Sale Price|40% Off
H 10.24 in W 17.6 in D 0 in
Very Decorative Original Antique Map of the World, Published in France in c.1780
By Rigobert Bonne
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'L'Ancien Monde Et Le Nouveau en Deux Hemispheres' - Double hemisphere map of the World, showing the contemporary geographical misconceptions of the late 18th Cent...
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Original Antique Map of The World by Thomas Clerk, 1817
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of The Eastern and Western Hemispheres On 2 sheets Copper-plate engraving Drawn and engraved by Thomas Clerk, Edinburgh. Published by Mackenzie And Dent, 1817 ...
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$711Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.04 in W 19.77 in D 0 in
Antique Map of South American, The West Indies & Most of Africa, Ca.1775
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte pour Servir a l' Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes'. This map is roughly centered o...
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$670
H 13.98 in W 15.75 in D 0 in
Excellent Antique Map of America with Unusual Northwest Coast of America, c.1754
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart Van het Westelykste Deel Der Weereld, dienende tot aanwyzing an de Scheepstogten der Nederlanderne Naar West Indie.' Excellent map of Am...
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$1,275
H 7 in W 8.63 in D 0.07 in
North & South America: A 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Jansson & Goos
By Johannes Janssonius
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century hand-colored map of North & South America entitled "Americae Descriptio" by the cartographer Johannes Jansson, published in Jansson's Atlas Minor in Amsterdam in 1628....
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$139
H 9.45 in W 12.21 in D 0.02 in
Antique Map of North America and the West Indies by Stieler, circa 1865
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nord-America und West-Indien'. Old map of North America and the West Indies. This map originates from Stieler's 'Schul-Atlas'.
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$1,311Sale Price|25% Off
H 16.15 in W 20.08 in D 0.02 in
Attractive Antique Map of the World as Planisphere, Shows Cook's Voyages, 1799
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Chart of the World, according to Mercators Projection'. This world map shows the various discoveries of Captain James Cook during his 3 voyages between 1768 and 1...
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$9,500
H 32 in W 23.63 in D 0.5 in
1847 Antique Map of Mexico, Texas and California by Samuel Augustus Mitchell
By Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is the second edition of Samuel Augustus Mitchell's Map of Mexico, Including Yucatan & Upper California, an important map showing the progress of the Mexican-American War. ...
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Original Detailed Antique Map of the East Coast of Africa, 1747
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la coste Orientale d'Afrique - Kaart van de Oostkust van Afrika'. Original antique map of the east coast of Africa. Reaches from Cape of Good Hope an...
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$438Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.6 in W 20.32 in D 0 in
Original Engraved Antique Map of the World, Colorful and Decorative, C.1780
By Pierre François Tardieu
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Mappemonde en Deux Hemispheres ou l'on a Indique les Nouvelles Decouvertes' - This handsome double hemisphere map presents a view of the physical world with parti...
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$5,055Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.68 in W 5.12 in D 1.97 in
The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
De Doorluchtige Weereld – S. de Vries, François Halma, Amsterdam, 1700 Magnificent and complete three-volume set of De Doorluchtige Weereld (The Illustrious World), written by S. de...
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Antique World Map by P. Schenk '1706'
By Peter Schenk
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Diversa Orbis Terrae. Visu Incedente per Coluros Tropicorum, Ambos Ejus Polos, et Parciularis Sphaerae Zenith, in Planum Orthographica Projectio (..) Plat Ontwerp...
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$1,799Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.52 in W 21.5 in D 0.01 in
Mythical Atlantis Restored - A 1694 Map of the Americas and Ancient Geography
Located in Langweer, NL
This rare and fascinating map, titled "Atlantis Insula a Nicolao Sanson Antiquitati Restituta" by Guillaume Sanson, presents an unusual interpretation of the Western Hemisphere, comb...
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$6,000Sale Price|50% Off
H 13.5 in W 6.75 in D 5 in
Veracruz Mexico Pre-Columbian ceramic Warrior figure sculpture
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Figure of a Chanting Warrior Ceramic with bitumen highlights 300-600 CE (Classic Period) Mexico, Veracruz, possibly Nopiloa Veracruz Culture Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz culture...
Ceramic
$3,749Sale Price|35% Off
H 13.78 in W 19.3 in D 0.02 in
Antique Ortelius Map of Asia Featuring Japan, China, Taiwan & East Indies, 1587
By Abraham Ortelius
Located in Langweer, NL
Ortelius Asia Japan China Taiwan Philippines East Indies Antique Map 1570 This highly important early map of Asia titled “Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus” is one o...
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AMERICA
By John Speed
Located in Santa Monica, CA
IMPORTANT AMERICAN MAP - ONE OF THE FIRST TO SHOW CALIFORNIA as an ISLAND JOHN SPEED (1552-1629) AMERICA - With Those Known Parts In That Unknown Worlde (sic), 1626-(76) (Burden 2...
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$6,060Sale Price|20% Off
H 41.15 in W 47.25 in D 0.01 in
Rare Antique Wall-Map of North America: French and Indian War Boundaries, 1793
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare 1793 Map of North America: French and Indian War Boundaries and Historical Notes This remarkable engraved map of North America, printed in 1793 by Emanuel Bowen and John Gibs...
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$367Sale Price|30% Off
H 12.21 in W 7.49 in D 0 in
Engraving of a Ceremonial Gathering in New Spain in New Spain by Montanus, 1673
Located in Langweer, NL
This detailed copper engraving originates from Arnoldus Montanus' "Die Unbekannte Neue Welt oder Beschreibung des Welt-teils Amerika und des Sud-Landes", depicting a ceremonial gathe...
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$3,263Sale Price|20% Off
H 21.46 in W 25.99 in D 0.02 in
Greenland & North America – Antique Sea Chart by Frederick de Wit, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Septemtrionaliora Americae a Groenlandia (..)'. Sea chart of the northern waters of North America, including the coast of Labrador and part of New Foundland, the ...
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Antique Hand-Coloured Map of North and South America, ca.1765
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van Amerika.' Attractive map of North and South America, the western part of Africa and south west Europe. Source unknown, to be determi...
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$2,181Sale Price|20% Off
H 20.67 in W 27.17 in D 0.01 in
Detailed 1795 Map of the Americas with Exploration Tracks and Nice Cartouche
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a very handsome and rare 1795 map of the Americas titled "Amerique ou Nouveau Continent Dressee sur les Nouvelles Relations Decouvertes et Observations" by Jean Baptiste Noli...
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