Giuseppe di Rossi [After Jodocus Hondius]. Terrestrial Globe. Rome 1615. State_Texas Missouri Territory and a massive

Missouri Territory and a massive Indian Territory (covering most of Kansas and Colorado)

was probably the co-draughtsman or woodcutter

Charged in 1849 with defending the frontier against Indian attacks

placing the title cartouche over the “Neutral Ground” west of the Mississippi claimed by both the United States and Spain

Audubon faced considerable competition

Giuseppe di Rossi [After Jodocus Hondius]. Terrestrial Globe. Rome 1615. State_Texas Missouri Territory and a massiveGiuseppe di ROSSI (1570 1639) [After Jodocus Hondius (1563 1612)] Terrestrial Globe Terrestrial globe, heavy plaster coated wooden sphere applied with 12 engraved globe gores printed on thick paper, geography copied directly from the Jodocus Hondius 1601 globe, very lightly varnished, paper surface lightly rubbed. The explanatory cartouche set in the Pacific is identical to the Hondius original, and the second dedicatory cartouche by Rossi dedicates