Vassar College Maps and Books of the American Revolution Between 1840 and 1860

Between 1840 and 1860

Manuscript map in ink and watercolor of the southern portion of North America and northern Mexico

Europeans were intensely interested in the process of exploration and discovery as it occurred in the early 16th Century

His inquiries in New Orleans caused him to respond with regret that “there are I believe (no maps of Louisiana) extant that can be depended upon …”

The red-billed toucan is a subspecies of the White-throated toucan

Vassar College Maps and Books of the American Revolution Between 1840 and 1860Richard Rummell Vassar College Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 15 x 22 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were distributed. Unlike