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English: Map of California as an island. Ink and watercolor with pictorial relief.
Français : Carte de la Californie en tant qu’île. Encre et aquarelle.
Date circa 1650
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Library of Congress [1]
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Johannes Vingboons  (1616–1670)    wikidata:Q2232496
 
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Jan Vinckeboons
Joan Vinckeboons
Johannes Vinckeboons
Joan Vingboom
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Joan Vingboons
Description Dutch cartographer and painter
Date of birth/death 1616  Edit this at Wikidata 20 July 1670  Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Amsterdam Amsterdam
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