AUDUBON, John James, Plate CCXVI. Wood Ibis TENNIS but it is the first

but it is the first printed regional map and remained the basis for the charts of many continental mapmakers for over a century

Plate LXXIX

Manuscript map in ink and watercolor of the southern portion of North America and northern Mexico

With funding from René II

Pen and ink and watercolor Paper size: 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in

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