Untitled [Gull?] Octavo Edition Brass meridian circle

Brass meridian circle

allowing him to more accurately know the geography of the region than any other European at the time

His inquiries in New Orleans caused him to respond with regret that “there are I believe (no maps of Louisiana) extant that can be depended upon …”

which debuted in 1595

From the first modern atlas: "Geographie opus nouissima traductione e Grecorum archetypis castigatissime pressum"

Untitled [Gull?] Octavo Edition Brass meridian circleWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) Untitled [Gull?] Pen and ink and watercolor Paper size: 12 x 17 in. *A hand written description on verso indicates this bird was shot on Lake Erie. Provenance The artists family and thence by descent. Exhibited: Simcoe Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, Birds of a Feather, 3 31 May 1987 (a selection). Simcoe, Ontario, Eva Brook Donly Museum, May 7 June 1987 (a selection). Simcoe, Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, 4