John Gould (1804-1881), Eniconetta Stelleri [Steller’s Duck]

John Gould (1804-1881), Eniconetta Stelleri [Steller’s Duck]John Gould (1804 1881) Eniconetta Stelleri [Stellers Duck] from The Birds of Great Britain Vol. V Published: London, 1873 Aquatint engraving with original hand coloring Paper size: 21 3 8" x 14 1 2" John Gould (18041881) conceived a massive project: to illustrate the worlds birds in a regal format. He is best known for his multi volume works on the birds of every continent but Africa. Following the success of his 1837 "Birds of Europe" and the

part of the prominent Visscher family of mapmakers

During both trips

20" x 36 1/2" framed

It was the first map of Pennsylvania since Thomas Holme's 1687 map of the then much smaller settlement

and all that survives of the original surveyor's charts which became the source material for the celebrated "Fairfax" map of Virginia: "THE COURSES OF THE RIVERS RAPPAHANNOCK AND POTOWMACK IN VIRGINIA

because this tree only grows on its shores

Another outcome of the voyage had to do especially with the subject of this map

The British saw this artery as an essential invasion route between Canada and the Middle British Colonies of North America

Ingram was engaged by Stephen F

with an inset map of the West Indies and an inset of Newfoundland

Matagorda Bay

The Mallard A