HOMANN, Johann Baptiste. Prospect and Grundiss... Paris. Nuremberg: 1732. Mapping Louisiana 1 June 1775

1 June 1775

Francis Drake had landed in northern California on his circumnavigation (1577-80) and an insular California suggested that Spanish power in the area could be questioned

Bodmer/Maximilian collaboration produced a record of their expedition that is incontestably the finest early graphic study of the Plains tribes

Waldseemuller’s introduction by his colleague Mathias Ringmann described the map as reflecting the voyages of “the Admiral” (Christopher Columbus)

The small green crested flycatcher Sept 8 1834/The tree sparrow fringilla arborea Wils

HOMANN, Johann Baptiste. Prospect and Grundiss... Paris. Nuremberg: 1732. Mapping Louisiana 1 June 1775Johann Baptiste HOMANN Prospect and Grundiss Paris Nuremberg: 1732 20 1 2 x 24 in.