(CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND) Two small scale engraved maps show

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(CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND.) Two small-scale engraved maps showing the cartographic curiosity. Vp, vd

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Robert Morden. America. Hand-colored engraved map of North and South America showing California as an island. 6¾x5½ inches sheet size, including printed text below; light age tone. London, circa 1688. Burden 519.

Jacques Benigne Bossuet. Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre, Representee en Deux Plan Hemispheres. Engraved folding map of the world showing California as an island. 6x7 inches sheet size; left margin repaired with subtle ink reinstatement. [Amsterdam, circa 1755].