Mulsant & Verreaux. [Crowned woodnymph Hummingbird] Thalurania Columbica. 1874. quad23 and over this period it

and over this period it served as a primary source for leading European and American mapmakers

when the restored French royal court revived the game

A magnificent large uncoloured map of north Holland by Coenraedt Decker (1651-1685) and Abraham Deur (died 1717) after Dou

reflecting the growing importance of the continents in European colonial ambitions

21 editions of his enormously influential map followed over the next 25 years

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Crowned woodnymph Hummingbird] Thalurania Columbica. 1874. quad23 and over this period itMulsant & Verreaux [Crowned woodnymph Hummingbird] Thalurania Columbica 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