Mulsant & Verreaux. [Jardine’s panoplites Hummingbird] Panoplites Jardinei. 1874. Jacques Barraband The map is intricately detailed

The map is intricately detailed

Mexico City became the center of political and economic power in New Spain and one of the most important cities in the New World

while it is very rare in those of France

a woodcut map utilizing an oval projection

which appears as a long thin peninsula

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Jardine’s panoplites Hummingbird] Panoplites Jardinei. 1874. Jacques Barraband The map is intricately detailedMulsant & Verreaux [Jardines panoplites Hummingbird] Panoplites Jardinei from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by prominent