WYLD, James Sr. (1790-1836). Mexico the British Possessions in North America and the United States … 1846. Medici a small copse of trees

a small copse of trees and a two-story barn in the left-hand background

and honest historian

A fine example of a Bonne globe

Painted by John James Audubon (1785-1851) with background likely by Victor Gifford Audubon (1809-1860)

Jean Baptiste Benard de la Harpe (1683-1765) is one of those quixotic characters who

WYLD, James Sr. (1790-1836). Mexico the British Possessions in North America and the United States … 1846. Medici a small copse of treesWYLD, James Sr. (1790 1836). Mexico the British Possessions in North America and the United States 1846. Engraved case map; printed on two sheets, dissected into 36 sections and mounted on linen, edged in green silk, contemporary outline hand coloring. London: 1846. 56 x 53 sheet, 60 x 64 framed. A superbly detailed large scale English map of North America at the onset of the Mexican American war. Englands position favored Mexico, in part because it