AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). Pl. 261 Hooping Crane Best of the West Engraved map with original hand

Engraved map with original hand color in outline

It is particularly attached to the vicinity of cascades and falls

His maps are the only printed maps preserving the results of that survey which was scrapped during the Civil War

and one of the most historically significant American maps

Reduc'd from the large Drawing of that Province

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). Pl. 261 Hooping Crane Best of the West Engraved map with original handJOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 1851), Hooping Crane from Birds of America Engraved by Robert Havell (1793 1878) Published: London, 1827 1838 Aquatint engraving with original hand coloring Paper size: 38 3 8" x 25 1 2" John James Audubon is without rival as the most celebrated American natural history artist. Audubon devoted his life to realizing his dream of identifying and depicting the birds of North America, and his work has had profound cultural and