Pierre Mortier. Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie. 1700. European Paintings Barre famously re-opened the Versailles

Barre famously re-opened the Versailles court after he became royal paumier (tennis professional) to the Emperor Napoleon III

Killdeer Plover April 9th 1835 Charvociferus Linn

Reduc'd from the large Drawing of that Province

When about to rise

Thomas Jefferson's grandfather and father were both surveyors

Pierre Mortier. Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie. 1700. European Paintings Barre famously re-opened the VersaillesPierre Mortier Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie Paris, 1700 24 x 40 inches Highly Detailed Map of Tartary by Dutch Statesman and Russian Specialist Nicolaas Witsen with details from the Travels of Verbiest in China and De Vries in the North Pacific Nice example of Pierre Mortier's decorative and detailed map showing Central Asia and Tartary published in Amsterdam. The map extends from the Caspian Sea in the west and Nova Zemla in the northwest