Mulsant & Verreaux. [Boucard’s Emerald Hummingbird] Arinia Boucardi. 1874. Celestial Views & Maps A richly detailed double-hemisphere world

A richly detailed double-hemisphere world map representing Enlightenment-era cartographic knowledge

32 1/2" x 36" framed

it has not been seen since

This map contains insets of "Texas as it was in 1835 under Mexican rule"

and is considered the first delineation of present-day New York City on a printed map

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Boucard’s Emerald Hummingbird] Arinia Boucardi. 1874. Celestial Views & Maps A richly detailed double-hemisphere worldMulsant & Verreaux [Boucards Emerald Hummingbird] Arinia Boucardi from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by prominent French