California as unidentified island with unusual pointed northern coast, and with Anian to north. No place names other than: America Meridionale, America Settentrionale, Anian, Cumberland, Gronelandia, Europa, Affrica, and Asia. Phillip J. Pirages Catalog 19, Item 258. -- McMinnville, OR, 1991. 'F.III' (top left). Issued in: Dialogo Intorno alla cagione della celebre Aurora Boreale vedutasi in Cielo nella notte susseguente alli 16. Dicembre dell' Anno 1737, F.III / by [G.M. Serantoni]. -- Lucca : Per Giuseppe Salani, e Vincenzo Giutini, 1740. [iv],88p.; 4 fig. : 25.3 cm. Book presents scientific thought about the aurora borealis which occurred on 16 December 1737 as colloquy among three friends, Atlante, Branco, and Minerva. Agapitus Giannini Sculp. Lucce.
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