Bucknell University 16th C World Maps Los Adaes was settled in

Los Adaes was settled in 1716 to offset French settlement in Natchitoches

NO EXPEDITION DOWN TO THIS TIME SEEMS TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AT ONCE SO EXACT AND SO EXTENDED AN EXAMINATION INTO THE INTERIOR" (Foster)

to create watercolors of the rare plants and exotic birds he had assembled in his garden at Blois and the Ménagerie at Versailles

Louis) and Kaskaskia

" circa 1720

Bucknell University 16th C World Maps Los Adaes was settled inRichard Rummell Bucknell University Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 17 1 4 x 29 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were