John Gould (1804-1881), Xema Sabini [Sabine’s Gull] Nicolas De Fer He grew up in the

He grew up in the important port of Enkuizen

all flanked with swagged bucrania and topped with a dentilled cornice

Upon publication of the Mitchell map

Waldseemüller in the introduction to his Pars Secunda: “We have confined the Geographia of Ptolemy to the first part of the work

though some are also contained in the collections of the Public Record Office in London

John Gould (1804-1881), Xema Sabini [Sabine’s Gull] Nicolas De Fer He grew up in theJohn Gould (1804 1881) Xema Sabini [Sabines Gull] from The Birds of Great Britain Vol. V Published: London, 1873 Aquatint engraving with original hand coloring Paper size: 21 3 8" x 14 1 2" John Gould (18041881) conceived a massive project: to illustrate the worlds birds in a regal format. He is best known for his multi volume works on the birds of every continent but Africa. Following the success of his 1837 "Birds of Europe" and the [1840]1869