AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Little Auk Sea Dove (Plate 469), 1839-1844 Artists_Jacques Barraband This map is not as

This map is not as accurate as Mercator’s and in its nomenclature is based upon early Spanish explorers

Tabula Moderna Indiae

Europeans were intensely interested in the process of exploration and discovery as it occurred in the early 16th Century

Although only one original drawing by Le Moyne of an American subject is known today -- the depiction of  Athore showing Laudonniere the Marker Column set up by Ribault

These claims were eventually given up as part of the Great Compromise of 1850

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Little Auk Sea Dove (Plate 469), 1839-1844 Artists_Jacques Barraband This map is not asJohn James AUDUBON Little Auk Sea Dove (Plate 469) New York: J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1839 1844 Hand colored lithograph Paper size: approx. 6 1 2 x 10 1 4 in.