Ortelius, Abraham. The Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas to Tampico. Antwerp: 1592. College Views He had a lifelong ambition

He had a lifelong ambition to illustrate Tennyson’s poems

Watercolor for plate 77: “Bird of Paradise” Strelitzia reginae

the BnF copy extends further north and west

Ristow: American Maps and Mapmakers

Ortelius, Abraham. The Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas to Tampico. Antwerp: 1592. College Views He had a lifelong ambitionAbraham Ortelius The Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas to Tampico Antwerp: 1592 18 x 22 inches Three maps on one sheet: MNDEZ, Diego de. Pervviae avrifer regionis typvs. Didaco Mendezio auctore. [text in block at lower left] H insul primum detecta fuere ao. 1574. CHAVES, Gernimo de. La Florida. Auctore Hieron Chiaues. [cartouche at top right] Cum Priuilegio. Gvastecan Reg Ortelius included this map in his atlas beginning in 1584. The present map