John James Audubon (1785-1851). Townsend's Ground Squirrel, Plate 20. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America unlike most maps of the

unlike most maps of the period

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Most of the  principal rivers in Texas

the “freshwater sea

Pencil and watercolor

John James Audubon (1785-1851). Townsend's Ground Squirrel, Plate 20. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America unlike most maps of thePainted by John James Audubon (1785 1851) with background likely by Victor Gifford Audubon (1809 1860) Townsend's Ground Squirrel, Plate 20. From: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America New York: 1845 1848 Hand colored lithograph Sheet size: 21 x 27