MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Heterostemon mimoscoades Cartographer_Gerard Mercator 1768–1772

1768–1772

[Fourth part:] sheet: 21 1/8” x 30”

published by William Faden shortly after the signing on the Declaration of Independence

Couagne's map of Nouvelle France represents a unique and valuable historic document: an illustration of the colonial forces at work in critical areas of Northeastern America

Howes W-114 ('the only western color-plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer')

MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Heterostemon mimoscoades Cartographer_Gerard Mercator 1768–1772MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909 1988) Heterostemon mimoscoades Gouache over pencil on paper removed from sketchbook, with small pencil sketch verso Inscribed with location Rio Araca, Amazonas Caatinga and date Oct[ober]. 1970 Image size: 8 x 11 1 2 in. Frame size: 19 x 23 in. Provenance: Margaret Mee $5,800. A field sketch of a Heterostemon mimosoides from the caatinga (ie forest growing on light, sandy soil). In her diary of her sixth expedition, Mee