Map vignettes feature Entrance to Port Natal
the composition captures a sandy path winding through sea oats toward the shimmering blue ocean beneath a bright sky filled with soft
Born in Philadelphia in 1839
An original oil on canvas of a single sailboat cutting through open blue water beneath a billowing sky
and editor during the Enlightenment era
American Bullfrog, Original Engraving by Buffon, 1775 Egret Map vignettes feature Entrance toOriginal copperplate engraving of the American Bullfrog (showing the dorsal (top) and ventral (bottom) sides of the frog) by artist Franois Nicolas Martinet. From the natural history encyclopedia Histoire Naturelle, part of a larger work by the engraver Comte de Buffon, Circa 1774. Buffon (1707 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including