John Gould (1804-1881), Sula bassana [Gannet, or Solan Goose] Frame:Gold Traveller’s Map of the Middle

Traveller’s Map of the Middle

New York: Peck & Snyder

Each globe made up of two pairs of hand-colored engraved gores

Quiros and Gallegos (1616)

and the third was a New World species

John Gould (1804-1881), Sula bassana [Gannet, or Solan Goose] Frame:Gold Traveller’s Map of the MiddleJohn Gould (1804 1881) Sula bassana [Gannet, or Solan Goose] from The Birds of Great Britain Vol. V Published: London, 1873 Aquatint engraving with original hand coloring Paper size: 21 3 8" x 14 1 2" John Gould (18041881) conceived a massive project: to illustrate the worlds birds in a regal format. He is best known for his multi volume works on the birds of every continent but Africa. Following the success of his 1837 "Birds of Europe" and the