AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Wilson's Petrel (Plate 460), 1839-1844 Italia This chart is cartographically derived

This chart is cartographically derived from earlier manuscriptmaps prepared by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and later corrected and improved from an English draft prepared by Captain Henry Smedley

about the end of August

From the collection of the late great cartographic historian Dr

The Indians of the Columbia say that it breeds on the ground

• An invaluable artifact of the intense geopolitical competition between France and

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Wilson's Petrel (Plate 460), 1839-1844 Italia This chart is cartographically derivedJohn James AUDUBON Wilson's Petrel (Plate 460) New York: J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1839 1844 Hand colored lithograph Paper size: approx. 6 1 2 x 10 1 4 in.