CHORIS, Louis (1787-1828). Village of Tchoutchi. 1816. exotic “Spanish and French Mapping of

“Spanish and French Mapping of the Gulf of Mexico in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

and the West Indies

a letter dated June 7

a Burgundian cartographer-engraver who settled in Rome and who popularized the creation of composite atlases

MARTIN WALDSEEMULLER

CHORIS, Louis (1787-1828). Village of Tchoutchi. 1816. exotic “Spanish and French Mapping ofLouis Choris Village of Tchoutchi Watercolor and pencil on paper 4 1 4" x 8 1 2" canvas, 15" x 19 1 2" framed Beautiful original watercolor and sketch of a village in Alaska. Louis Choris was born in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire, now Dnipro, Ukraine to German Russian parents on March 22, 1795. In 1816, he visited the Pacific and the west coast of North America on board the Russian expeditionary ship Rurik, serving as an artist with the Romanzoff