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1565 Paper size: 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in Frame size: 16 1/4 x 14 1/4 in Provenance: DuMarry (from the inscription on the frontispiece)
The relationship between La Harpe’s original work and this map is uncertain
Quivira refers to the Seven Cities of Gold sought by the Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in 1541
and so his designs were suffused with Continental elements
John Gould (1804-1881), Pagophila eburnea [Ivory Gull] Maps of Oceania 1565 Paper size: 7 1/2John Gould (1804 1881) Pagophila eburnea [Ivory Gull] from The Birds of Great Britain Vol. V Published: London, 1873 Aquatint engraving with original hand coloring Paper size: 21 3 8" x 14 1 2" John Gould (18041881) conceived a massive project: to illustrate the worlds birds in a regal format. He is best known for his multi volume works on the birds of every continent but Africa. Following the success of his 1837 "Birds of Europe" and the [1840]1869