Dendrobium nobile 08_03_23 The island of California became

The island of California became a fixture on mid- and late-seventeenth century maps

Humboldt and his botanist companion Aime Bonpland traveled extensively through modern day Venezuela

the journals he kept along the way are a literary achievement in themselves

Taken from the third book of his monumental treatise on navigation

Dendrobium nobile 08_03_23 The island of California becameSertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)