Cat fish Reduced August 30 1865 16th C World Maps An earlier map of Louisiana

An earlier map of Louisiana by Barthélémy Lafon appears to be lost

due to its historic maritime power and its role as the terminus of the Silk Road

Texas A&M Press

Brass hour circles and meridian circles

and these so shy as not to allow an approach to within a hundred yards

Cat fish Reduced August 30 1865 16th C World Maps An earlier map of LouisianaWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) Cat fish Reduced August 30 1865 Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower left Paper size: 7 1 2 x 9 1 2 in. 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 August 3 September 1989 (a selection)