Treasure, World, U.S. Coin & Paper Money Auction 25

Hand painted cartouche on sheepskin with helmet at top showing a sailing ship with goat in foreground, titled at bottom DE PETRICHE / Y~E CASTELLANO P

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing a Portuguese shipwreck off Sao Vicente, Brazil, from America, 3rd book, 1st part (1592), hand

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing a battle between Christopher Columbus and Francisco Porras (both named in the picture), from A

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing the Spanish seizing native leaders and threatening to burn them if they do not provide enough

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing Pizarro, Almagro and Luque deciding on how to handle the wealth of Peru, from America, 6th boo

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing Pizarro, Almagro and Luque with galleons in the background in Panama, plus on the reverse anot

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing Atahualpa delivering his ransom to Pizarro, from America, 6th book (1597), hand colored. 12-3

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing Francis Drake being crowned by a native ruler, probably from America (8th book?), ca. 1600, ha

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing Francis Drake encountering natives around the Rio de la Plata, from America, 8th book, 1st par

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing natives working the mine inside the mountain of Potosi, from America, 9th book, 1st part (1601

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing Amerigo Vespucci attacking natives in South America, probably from America (10th book?), early

German copperplate engraving by Theodore de Bry showing Dutch ships attacking Valparaiso (Chile), plus on the reverse another engraving showing the sa

English copperplate engraving by Ogilby entitled "Pagus Hispanorum in Florida" (1671) showing a scene of St. Augustine, hand colored. 19&...

English copperplate engraving by John Ogilby of "Francisco Pisarro" from Complete History of America (London, 1671), hand colored. 12-1/4...

Small copperplate engraving of a city plan of Santo Domingo, Hispaniola, by A.M. Mallet (1683), hand colored. 8-1/4" x 5-7/8" (image 5-3/...

French copperplate engraving of King Charles II of Spain by A.M. Mallet titled "der Konig in Spannien," ca. 1700. 8" x 6" (imag...

Small copperplate engraving of Cartagena (Colombia) by A.M. Mallet (published 1719), hand colored. 8-1/4" x 5-7/8" (image 5-1/2" x 4...

English intaglio engraving of Sir Francis Drake, dated August 9, 1786 (London). 11-1/2" x 7-1/2" (image size 7" x 6"). Familiar...

Small, Dutch, copperplate-engraved map of Hispaniola by Jocodus Hondius in an atlas by Petrus Bertius (Amsterdam, ca. 1616), hand colored. 6-1/2&qu...

English map of "St. Louis" (Haiti) and "St. Jago" (Santiago, Cuba), dated 1748, hand colored. 11-1/4" x 8-1/4" (image...