Mulsant & Verreaux. [Violet-capped woodnymph Hummingbird] Thalurania Glaucopis. 1874. engraving In the upper right

In the upper right

For the first time all of them except Lake Michigan appear

including the aftermath of the Spanish-American War and the catastrophic events of the first world war

believed that the capture of  the young nation’s capital

The map is based upon the discoveries of the English

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Violet-capped woodnymph Hummingbird] Thalurania Glaucopis. 1874. engraving In the upper rightMulsant & Verreaux [Violet capped woodnymph Hummingbird] Thalurania Glaucopis from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by