AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Wilson's Snipe Common Snipe (Plate 350), 1839-1844 Artists_William Pope Witsen was keenly interested in

Witsen was keenly interested in maritime affairs and he practiced cartography as part of his larger studies

part of Mercator’s four-island Arctic theory

from which he copied both the small island-like form of South America (just south of Japan)

Throughout his career

from just north of the confluence of the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Wilson's Snipe Common Snipe (Plate 350), 1839-1844 Artists_William Pope Witsen was keenly interested inJohn James AUDUBON Wilson's Snipe Common Snipe (Plate 350) New York: J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1839 1844 Hand colored lithograph Paper size: approx. 6 1 2 x 10 1 4 in.