1820 Pierre Francois Tardieu Large Rare Antique Map of Texas, Mexico - Southern Sheet Cooks Voyages learning that his Galápagos wren

learning that his Galápagos wren was another species of finch and the mockingbirds he had labelled by island were separate species rather than just varieties

Assyrians and Pontic Greeks

a work of considerable genius

Cook left Nootka Sound in April 1778 and sailed north along the Alaskan coast looking for inlets that might lead to the Northwest passage but was then forced to turn south

1820 Pierre Francois Tardieu Large Rare Antique Map of Texas, Mexico - Southern Sheet Cooks Voyages learning that his Galápagos wrenTitle: A Map of Louisiana and Mexico Carte de la Louisiane et du Mexique, Dressee par P Tardieu fils aine, gravee par PAF Tardieu pere. Paris 1820. Sizes: 36in x 24in (910mm x 610mm) Condition: (A) Good Condition Date: 1820 Ref #: 93009 Description: This rare, original large hand coloured, antique copper plate engraved map of Texas, SW America & Mexico (sheet 2 of 2 southern portion) by Pierre Francois Tardieu and Charles Picquet (1771 1827) was