Bucknell University 16th C World Maps is the earliest record on

is the earliest record on a printed map of the discoveries of Hernando Cortes

NO EXPEDITION DOWN TO THIS TIME SEEMS TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AT ONCE SO EXACT AND SO EXTENDED AN EXAMINATION INTO THE INTERIOR" (Foster)

and Vancouver 1793-95

a period marked by the production of some of the most important and beautiful maps in history

Los Adaes was settled in 1716 to offset French settlement in Natchitoches

Bucknell University 16th C World Maps is the earliest record onRichard Rummell Bucknell University Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 17 1 4 x 29 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were