John James Audubon (1785-1851) Black Tailed Deer, Plate 78, Octavo Texasaudubon Whether this represents ancient knowledge

Whether this represents ancient knowledge from early Chinese navigations in this region

The results

he appears to have worked as a court artist in France

The South American continent is also admirably depicted

with a small plaster planet (Mars) on a wire

John James Audubon (1785-1851) Black Tailed Deer, Plate 78, Octavo Texasaudubon Whether this represents ancient knowledgeJohn James Audubon (1785 1851) & John Woodhouse Audubon (1812 1862) Black Tailed Deer, Plate LXXVIII From The Quadrupeds of North America, Octavo Edition Published New York and Philadelphia, 1845 1871 Lithograph printed with color and finished by hand 6 x 10 inches