1777 W. Curtis Large Antique Botanical Print of Hyacinthus Non-Scriptus Bluebell Farming The British returned with greater

The British returned with greater numbers

according there was nothing but a slight Palisade…in one part we observed a kind of wooden cross ornamented with feathers made exactly in the form of a crucifix cross…we were told that it was a monument to a dead man

the king gave legality to the first free population of the continent: Palenque de San Basilio in Colombia today

and these objects (together with legends of a Sierra de la Plata in the South American interior brought back by earlier explorers) inspired him to rename the river Río de la Plata (River of Silver)

where he established a large printing-house

1777 W. Curtis Large Antique Botanical Print of Hyacinthus Non-Scriptus Bluebell Farming The British returned with greaterTitle : Hyacinthus Non Scriptus. English Hyacinth or Harebell Ref #: 93476 Size: 19in x 11 1 2in (490mm x 295mm) Date : 1777 1798 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This beautifully hand coloured original copper plate engraved antique botanical print by William Curtis was published in his large 1st edition folio edition of his famous and most enduring 6 volumes of Flora Londinensis: or, plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in