Black Squirrel (Sciurus niger) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 canberra old full colour map of

old full colour map of the Isle of Skye in Scotland was created by master mapmaker Joan Blaeu from his workshop in Amsterdam and originally published in 1665 as part of his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Sive Atlas Novus

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Black Squirrel (Sciurus niger) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 canberra old full colour map ofJohn Woodhouse Audubons Sciurus niger, Black Squirrel. Natural size. 1. Male, 2. Female. (1845) is a masterwork of Victorian zoological illustration, uniting scientific precision with painterly grace. The son and close collaborator of John James Audubon, John Woodhouse brought a keen eye for anatomy and behavior to the celebrated mid 19th century natural history plates. Here, a life sized pair of black squirrels is rendered with exquisite fidelity,