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U.S.A. The Machine Age

An interesting info-graphic, illustrating America's move toward industrialization in the 20th Century.

Price: $ 575.00

A Circle of Winds consisting of 32 points commonly called the Mariners Compass [and] The Artifical Sphere

Decorative copperplate engraving of a compass rose and armillary sphere, each with putti using various navigational devices and maps. Very decorative.

Price: $ 295.00

[ Confederate States of America Naval Flag! ] Pavillons des Principales Puissances

With the Naval Flag of the Separatist States of America!

Price: $ 675.00

[ American Antiquarian Society Membership Certificate -- Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano ] Olim Meminisse Juvabit

Ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte is Elected to the American Antiquarian Society

Price: $ 3,400.00

(Waterfalls of the World) Tableau Comparatif De La Hauteur Des Chutes D'eau Les Plus Celebres. Dedie a la Societe de Geographie . . . Par un de ses Membres: Louis Bruguiere [Comparative Table of the Height of the Most Famous Waterfalls. Dedicated to the Society of Geography... By one of its Members: Louis Bruguiere]

Louis Bruguiere's 1835 aquatint view, Tableau Comparatif De La Hauteur Des Chutes D'eau Les Plus Celebres, serves as an informative guide to the tallest waterfalls in the world at the time. This visual comparison, dedicated to the Societe de Geographie, charts these natural wonders' heights, with the Cascade de Gavarnie in the Pyrenes, at 1,266 feet, recorded as the highest waterfall known then.

Price: $ 475.00

World Oceanography / The "Lotus" Projection

The 1957 Times Atlas World Oceanography chart and the Lotus projection used in the Times Atlas are two remarkable achievements in the field of cartography.  

Price: $ 175.00