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{{Information |Description=Map of California as an island. Ink and watercolor with pictorial relief. |Source=Joan Vinckeboons[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3291s.mf000074] |Date=circa 1650 |Author=Joan Vinckeboons |Permission= |other_versions=Restored vers
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