AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Dusky Duck (Plate 386), 1839-1844 Landscape & City 20 1/2 x 16 inches

20 1/2 x 16 inches

Within Mexico itself Humboldt’s map shows the western border of the Province of Texas as running northwest from the mouth of the Nueces River to a point on the border of the Province of Coahuila

with accompanying annotations and dates providing additional context on the convoluted process of mapping the border

Texas and Environs

Nicolaes Visscher (1618–1679) was a distinguished Dutch cartographer and engraver

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Dusky Duck (Plate 386), 1839-1844 Landscape & City 20 1/2 x 16 inchesJohn James AUDUBON Dusky Duck (Plate 386) New York: J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1839 1844 Hand colored lithograph Paper size: approx. 6 1 2 x 10 1 4 in.