Pierre-Joseph Reoduté, Rosa Alpina flore variegato (Paris, 1817-24) Maps The Indians were beginning to

The Indians were beginning to give way to the expansion of the American frontier and to European disease

Carte des Indes et de la Chine stands as a landmark in Enlightenment cartography

and potentially make colonial administrators financially independent of the annoying provincial Assembly

The richly applied gold leaf enhances its dramatic depth and ornamentation

a Bishoprick

Pierre-Joseph Reoduté, Rosa Alpina flore variegato (Paris, 1817-24) Maps The Indians were beginning toPierre Joseph Reodut (French, 1759 1840) Rosa Alpina flore variegato Stipple engraving with original hand color From Les Roses Paris, 1817 1824 18 x 13 sheet; 29 x 23 framed