Mulsant & Verreaux. [Ecuadorian rainbow Hummingbird] Diphlogæna Hesperus. 1874. 10_31_23 from just north of the

from just north of the confluence of the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico

This is not to imply that all mapmakers were blindly accepting of the convention

the map includes Latin inscriptions and possibly some Chinese characters

this watercolor offers both historical resonance and artistic refinement

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Ecuadorian rainbow Hummingbird] Diphlogæna Hesperus. 1874. 10_31_23 from just north of theMulsant & Verreaux [Ecuadorian rainbow Hummingbird] Diphlogna Hesperus from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by prominent