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The Mapping and Discovery of America

Auction 19631
New York
14 Apr 2012, starting at 10:00 EDT.
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Bernardus Albingaunensis manuscript, account of voyages of discovery in Africa, Asia, and the New World, 1512.
Sold for US$ 326,500 inc. premium
"TERRA FIRMA NULLI ANTECESSORIBUS COGNITA."
[COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER, VESPUCCI, AMERIGO AND OTHERS.] BERNARDUS ALBINGAUNENSIS.
JEFFERYS, THOMAS The American Atlas
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JEFFERYS, THOMAS. 1719-1771. The American Atlas: or, a geographical description of the whole continent of America: wherein are delineated at ...
17th CENTURY COLONIAL CHARTERS AND DOCUMENTS. Collection of 5 Documents relating to Sir George Cartwright as Commissioner to Charles II, and to Sir Edmund Andros, Governor of New England.
Sold for US$ 50,000 inc. premium
17th CENTURY COLONIAL CHARTERS AND DOCUMENTS. Collection of 5 Documents relating to Sir George Cartwright as Commissioner to Charles II ...
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, PRINTER. ['Lord Baltimore's Own Plan', a map of the proposed boundaries between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin, 1733.]<BR />
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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, PRINTER. 1706-1790. "Lord Baltimore's Own Plan," a map of the proposed boundaries between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Philadelphia ...

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[COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER. 1451-1506.] Portrait of Christopher Columbus, Italian School, 17th Century,
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[COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER. 1451-1506.] Portrait of Christopher Columbus, Italian School, 17th Century,
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[COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER AND HERNANDO CORTÉS.]
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[COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER AND HERNANDO CORTÉS.]
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[WALDSEEMULLER, M.], Fischer, Jos., 1903
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NAMING AMERICA—WALDSEEMULLER, MARTIN. FISHER, JOSEPH, AND R. VON WEISER, eds. The Oldest map with the name America of the year 1507, and the carta Marina ...
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Bernardus Albingaunensis manuscript, account of voyages of discovery in Africa, Asia, and the New World, 1512.
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"TERRA FIRMA NULLI ANTECESSORIBUS COGNITA." . [COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER, VESPUCCI, AMERIGO AND OTHERS.] BERNARDUS ALBINGAUNENSIS.
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1513 Ptolemy New World Admiral's Map
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WALDSEEMÜLLER, MARTIN. 1470-1521. Tabula Terre Nove. [Strassburg: 1513.]
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VESPUCCI FAMILY. VESPUCCI, ANTONIO. 1453-1515. Autograph Document Signed, 1 p, on vellum, oblong 8vo, [Florence], 1st January, 1514, matted and framed with engraved placard.<BR /><BR />
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VESPUCCI FAMILY. VESPUCCI, ANTONIO. 1453-1515. Autograph Document Signed, 1 p, on vellum, oblong 8vo, [Florence], 1st January, 1514, matted and framed with engraved placard.. .
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[SCHOENER, JOHANN. 1477-1547. Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio. Nuremberg: Johannes Stuchs, 1515.]<BR />
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[SCHOENER, JOHANN. 1477-1547. Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio. Nuremberg: Johannes Stuchs, 1515.].
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Girava World
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GIRAVA, HIERONYMUS. D.1556. Typo de la carta cosmographica de Gaspar Vopellio Medeburgense. [Milan: 1556.]
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Munster, Tabula Novarum 1550
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MÜNSTER, SEBASTIAN. Tabula novarum insularum, quas diversis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas vocant. [Basle: 1550.]
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Manuscript Atlas of the World, French ca. 1560-1585
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MANUSCRIPT GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD. [Geographie du Monde].
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