Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), Tab. 43, Encampment of the Piekann Indians Greatest Watercolors illustrating a proposed mail route

illustrating a proposed mail route from Fort Stoddart to New Orleans

the claws brownish-black

Double hemisphere world map from a Dutch bible by Cornelis Dankerts (Danckerts)

the Library of Congress

Both maps include the odd coastline and apocryphal river rising from the Florida Panhandle

Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), Tab. 43, Encampment of the Piekann Indians Greatest Watercolors illustrating a proposed mail routeKarl Bodmer (1809 1893) Tab. 43, Encampment of the Piekann Indians (State 1) From Travels in the Interior of North America. Published in Paris, A. Bertrand; Coblenz, J. Holscher; and London by Ackermann & Co. c. 1839 44. Aquatint and etching with original hand coloring heightened with gum arabic Blind stamp lower margin center Paper size: 17 x 24 3 4 in.