AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Texan Turtle Dove (Plate 496), 1839-1844 Cartographer_Samuel de Champlain To make his products distinctive

To make his products distinctive

was jealously guarded by the French government for the crucial information it so masterfully delineated

Lafon based his large-scale map on surveys conducted between 1797 and 1805

exotic animals and landscape views with curious classical architectural structures around the margins

The map below shows the Guastecan region

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Texan Turtle Dove (Plate 496), 1839-1844 Cartographer_Samuel de Champlain To make his products distinctiveJohn James AUDUBON Texan Turtle Dove (Plate 496) New York: J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1839 1844 Hand colored lithograph Paper size: approx. 10 1 4 x 6 1 2 in.