John James Audubon (1785-1851). Mink, Plate 33. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Mapping Louisiana Lieutenant John (1744-1809)

Lieutenant John (1744-1809)

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It is estimated that within two hundred years after Columbus’s landing more than 90 percent of the 1491 total population of the Americas died due to these imported diseases

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when his father sent him to the United States to avoid being drafted into the Napoleonic wars

John James Audubon (1785-1851). Mink, Plate 33. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Mapping Louisiana Lieutenant John (1744-1809)Painted by John James Audubon (1785 1851) with background likely by Victor Gifford Audubon (1809 1860). Mink, Plate 33. From: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America New York: 1845 1848 Hand colored lithograph Sheet size: 21 x 27