MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Heterostemon mimoscoades Cartographer_Gerard Mercator Howes W-114 ('the only western

Howes W-114 ('the only western color-plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer')

Wilkes surveyed portions of Antarctica that today are named for him (Wilkes Land)

16 ¼ x 21 inches

Munster was a cosmographer

Nicolas Sanson

MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Heterostemon mimoscoades Cartographer_Gerard Mercator Howes W-114 ('the only westernMARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909 1988) Heterostemon mimoscoades Gouache over pencil on paper removed from sketchbook, with small pencil sketch verso Inscribed with location Rio Araca, Amazonas Caatinga and date Oct[ober]. 1970 Image size: 8 x 11 1 2 in. Frame size: 19 x 23 in. Provenance: Margaret Mee $5,800. A field sketch of a Heterostemon mimosoides from the caatinga (ie forest growing on light, sandy soil). In her diary of her sixth expedition, Mee