John Gould (1804-1881), Adelomyia Castaneiventris European paintings botanical his journal and these original

his journal and these original maps provided information that appeared in later printed and manuscript maps by other mapmakers

It influenced all maps of the region for a century and is “a primary source document of the first magnitude in the history of discovery and cartography” (Rucker Agee

part of the prominent Visscher family of mapmakers

accompanied him

with rivers in the North American interior supposedly connecting to the sea between California and the mainland

John Gould (1804-1881), Adelomyia Castaneiventris European paintings botanical his journal and these originalJohn Gould (1804 1881) Adelomyia Castaneiventris (Chestnut bellied Adelomyia) Volume III, Plate 203 From A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds Published: London, 1849 61 (supplement printed 1880 87) Hand colored lithographs Paper size: approx. 21 x 14