Bear Hunting Cartographer_Thomas Johnston Fine engraved map on six

Fine engraved map on six sheets joined

as indicated by the 1805 issue of the National Intelligencer and 'Washington Advertiser': The author (Lafon) has described the counties of the territory according to the new plan of division

The artist showed American expansion as a fated conclusion

The map of Florida is generally considered to be the first printed map attempting to delineate any part of the interior of the present U

Wooden meridian circle

Bear Hunting Cartographer_Thomas Johnston Fine engraved map on sixWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) Bear Hunting Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower left Paper size: 9 5 8 x 11 3 4 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 1989 (a selection) Like his fellow