George Brookshaw (1751-1823), Plate XXXVII [Peaches] Celestial Views & Maps 68: Wild Cherry

68: Wild Cherry

Staked Plain

This map not only delineates the geographic boundaries of the Choctaw Nation but also captures the socio-political landscape of the time

which offered an alternative route to the Pacific than the Straits of Magellan

to make a globe

George Brookshaw (1751-1823), Plate XXXVII [Peaches] Celestial Views & Maps 68: Wild CherryGeorge Brookshaw (1751 1823) Plate XXXVII [Peaches] Pomona Britannica London: 1804 1812 Hand colored aquatint engravings The publication of the Pomona marked the re emergence of the acclaimed artist into the public eye after a total disappearance of nearly a decade. A successful cabinetmaker with the patronage of the Prince of Wales, Brookshaw suddenly disappeared from view in the mid 1790s, and with the Pomona he not only trumpeted his return but