Spain and Portugal: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map antique dog portrait Russian we believe

Russian we believe

and I think perhaps my favorite of all

I am not an expert but am confident it is Native American

they renamed their small company Crosby & Taylor in honor of Cape Cod ship captain relatives

Giraffe is 2 3/8" t

Spain and Portugal: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map antique dog portrait Russian we believeI forever have an eye out for hand drawn maps of all sorts, and especially ink and watercolor ones of this ilk, which I believe were done in school as part of geography class (can you imagine?!) These (this is one of five I am listing) I purchased from a seller near to me in Massachusetts, who dates them to 1840 or so based on a map of the United States done by the same person, which included Texas Territory (Texas became a state in 1845). To me these