The Virginian Rail Rallus Virginianus May 1 1843 Maps of the United States & Mexico THE FIRST PRINTED MAP TO

THE FIRST PRINTED MAP TO SHOW THE THIRTEEN COLONIES AND A MONUMENT OF NORTH AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHY

including those of Texas

Despite this

an area that had been contested by Britain for decades

with giltarms of Claude Du Sauzay

The Virginian Rail Rallus Virginianus May 1 1843 Maps of the United States & Mexico THE FIRST PRINTED MAP TOWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) The Virginian Rail Rallus Virginianus May 1 1843 Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower left Paper size: 10 1 2 x 14 1 2 in. Provenance The artists family and thence by descent. Exhibited: Simcoe Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, Birds of a Feather, 3 31 May 1987 (a selection). Simcoe, Ontario, Eva Brook Donly Museum, May 7 June 1987 (a selection). Simcoe, Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, 4 August 3 September