John Gould (1804-1881), Spathura Cissiura Botanical north of Japan is Terre

north of Japan is Terre de Jedso

when he was attracted to the speculative scheme organized by the Scots-born

watercolour and guache drawing of a Ruff

appearing after Kino's location of the headwaters of the Colorado debunked the insular myth

as this map shows with Tartares Circasses and Tartarie Oreintaux

John Gould (1804-1881), Spathura Cissiura Botanical north of Japan is TerreJohn Gould (1804 1881) Spathura Cissiura (Scissor tailed Racket tail) Volume III, Plate 166 From A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds Published: London, 1849 61 (supplement printed 1880 87) Hand colored lithographs Paper size: approx. 21 x 14