Bachmann, John (1814-1896). Birds eye view of New-Orleans. New York, 1851 (First Edition). Cartographer_Martin Waldseemuller eventually heading to what is

eventually heading to what is now Kansas to find the supposedly rich city of Quivira

largest exploratory expedition ever mounted

of twelve broad

a few maps with creased fore-edges

The watercolors Robert completed under Gaston d'Orleans and then Louis XIV for the royal collection fed the interest and provided the inspiration for the great masters of botanical and ornithological art who followed: Jean Joubert

Bachmann, John (1814-1896). Birds eye view of New-Orleans. New York, 1851 (First Edition). Cartographer_Martin Waldseemuller eventually heading to what isBachmann, John (1814 1896). Birds eye view of New Orleans. Color printed lithograph. New York, 1851 (First Edition). 26 x 34 3 4" sheet, 30 x 39 inches framed. Rare view of New Orleans by John Bachman, or Bachmann. John Reps, in "Views and Viewmakers of Urban America" p. 160, states "No finer artist of city views worked in America than John Bachmann. Unfortunately, there is no artist about whom less is known" Bachman is believed to have emigrated from