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Item #10035 Kratkoye Istoricheskoye Obozreniye Otkrytiya Ostrovov Portugaltsami, Ispantsami,...

Kratkoye Istoricheskoye Obozreniye Otkrytiya Ostrovov Portugaltsami, Ispantsami, Anglichanami, Gollandtsami i Frantsuzami, Lezhashchikh v Prostranneishem Okeane, Sopredelnom Azii i Amerike, Sostavlyayushchikh Pyatuyu Chast Zemnogo Shara, Kotoraya ot Noveyshikh Geografov Nazyvayetsya Polinisiyeyu, Avstraliyeyu i Yuzhnoy Indiyeyu, Sobrannoye Titulyarnym Sovetnikom Semyonom Zubkovym [A Concise Historical Overview of Discovery by Portuguese, Spaniards, Englishmen, Dutchmen and Frenchmen of the Islands, Lying in the Great Ocean, Bordering Asia and America and Comprising One Fifth Part of the Globe, Which by Modern Geographers is Called Polynesia, Australia and Southern India, Compiled by a Titular Councillor Zemyon Zubkov].

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Item #6825 [A Manuscript Journal, Describing Voyages of the Pleasure Yachts “Restless” and...

[A Manuscript Journal, Describing Voyages of the Pleasure Yachts “Restless” and “Peerless” in the San Francisco Bay in the 1860s and 1870s, Illustrated with an Ink Drawing Showing Ogden Hunting from the board of “Restless,” and Several Contemporary Newspaper Clippings about “Restless” and “Peerless;” The Journal is Titled:] A Concise and Condensed History of the Goings & Comings & Voyages of the Sloop Yacht "Restless" by a reliable not contraband but highly respectable gentleman slightly tinctured with a fondness for salt water, a piscatorial weakness and the pursuit of ducks under difficulties. The schooner “Peerless” appears upon the surface of events and the water…

Ca. 1870s.

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Item #10027 [Historically Interesting Original Autograph Letter Written by One of the Earliest...

[Historically Interesting Original Autograph Letter Written by One of the Earliest Gold Miners in the Stanislaus River Area, Geo Danchy, and Addressed to “Dear Folks,” “Delia,” and “Helen Mary” in Troy (NY), Promising to Bring Back Home “a Lump of Gold as Big as a Piece of Chalk,” Mentioning the “Unforeseen” Problem of Irrigation, and Talking About “Ferocious Attacks of Mosquitoes,” His Daily Menus (“Squirrels, a Sprinkling of Ducks,” Etc), Favorite Newspapers (“The Tribune,” “The Express,” Etc.), Etc.; Also Discussing the Great San Francisco Fire of 1850, the Skyrocketing Rental Prices in the Nearby City of Stockton, Early Anti-Slavery Sentiments Among the Local “Barbarians,” and the Growing Number of American Gold Miners Arriving with “Their Mujeres”].

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Item #10044 [Historically Important Document of the American Chinese Trade and Chinese Migration...
[CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO – CHINA - US TRADE]

[Historically Important Document of the American Chinese Trade and Chinese Migration to the US in the 1870s: A Large Purchase Bill for Over Forty Types of Products Ordered by the San Joaquin & Kings River Canal Co from One of the Leading San Francisco-based Importers of Chinese Goods, Tong Wo & Co. Among the Products Purchased for the Chinese Labor Force Are 20 Bottles of Gin, Tobacco, Silk Jackets, Cotton Shoes, Bamboo Brushes, Pills, Shrimps, Etc.].

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Item #8235 [Album with 35 Original Photographs, Including 32 Gelatin Silver Photos of Chile,...
[CHILE]

[Album with 35 Original Photographs, Including 32 Gelatin Silver Photos of Chile, Showing Valparaiso, Santiago, Lota, Corral, Maule River Railway Bridge, Llay Llay Railway Station, Salto del Laja Waterfall, Baños de Caugnene, Selkirk’s Cave on Juan Fernandez Island, Portraits of Mapuche Cacique Juan Catrileo Colipi, Chilean Market Vendors, Peasants, a Shepherd, &c; With Three Albumen Photos of Rio de Janeiro (two signed by Marc Ferrez in negative)]

Ca. 1900.

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