CARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON MARTIUS (1794-1868) AND JOHANN MORITZ RUGENDAS (1802-1858) A Brazilian landscape with Indians encamped under palms by a river, a snake and crocodile in the foreground Ornithological “One of the half-dozen most

“One of the half-dozen most important mother maps of southeastern North America

and lithographs

or over a series of plates

“In the Antilles

Witsen was keenly interested in maritime affairs and he practiced cartography as part of his larger studies

CARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON MARTIUS (1794-1868) AND JOHANN MORITZ RUGENDAS (1802-1858) A Brazilian landscape with Indians encamped under palms by a river, a snake and crocodile in the foreground Ornithological “One of the half-dozen mostCARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON MARTIUS (17941868) AND JOHANN MORITZ RUGENDAS (18021858)A Brazilian landscape with Indians encamped under palms by a river, a snake and crocodile in the foregroundPencil, ink, and watercolor on paperInscribed along lower margin: Manicaria Saccifera Desmoncus orthacanthos Tab: 98Paper size: 18 1 2 x 14 1 2 in.; Framed size: 28 5 8 x 24 1 8 in. Literature: C. F. P. von Martius, Historia Naturalis Palmarum, II (De Brasiliae