Le Golfe de Venise Artist_Thomas Moran and his imagery resonated strongly

and his imagery resonated strongly with a populace hungry for views to complement their romantic conceptions of the distant frontier

Central America contains numerous place names reflecting conquests and explorations

including areas that would become Texas

as surveyed according to order in the years 1736 & 1737 (London: ca 1737)

Le Golfe de Venise Artist_Thomas Moran and his imagery resonated stronglyNicolas De Fer Le Golfe de Venise Paris 1720 24 x 21 inches Nice example of De Fer's scarce map of the Gulf of Venice, Adriatic and contiguous parts of the Balkans, etc. A fine decorative map, including 5 coats of arms, table and a highly detailed treatment of the region, engraved by Starkman. Nicholas de Fer (1646 1720) was the son of a map seller, Antoine de Fer, and grew to be one of the most well known mapmakers in France in the seventeenth