John Gould (1804-1881), Xema Sabini [Sabine’s Gull] Nicolas De Fer Waldseemüller in the introduction to

Waldseemüller in the introduction to his Pars Secunda: “We have confined the Geographia of Ptolemy to the first part of the work

where they met the Crees and Assiniboins

Upon publication of the Mitchell map

all flanked with swagged bucrania and topped with a dentilled cornice

New York City was in a period of rapid growth

John Gould (1804-1881), Xema Sabini [Sabine’s Gull] Nicolas De Fer Waldseemüller in the introduction toJohn Gould (1804 1881) Xema Sabini [Sabines 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