Piristeria Elara Panama Frame:No Frame John Speed’s map (1626-7)

John Speed’s map (1626-7)

While most of these show the equivalent of the modern state of California separated from the continent

and the Chihuahua Trail

The British

European interest in Asia was at its peak

Piristeria Elara Panama Frame:No Frame John Speed’s map (1626-7)Sertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)