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The First Large Format Map of Central Napa County Fine Map of Central Napa Valley, centered on St. Helena, published by E.W. Woodward & Co. in St. Helena. This is the earliest map to focus on the central part of the County and the regions being developed and cultivated for winemaking grapes.

Shows land ownership, ranchos, sections, roads, railroads, drainage, etc. Compiled from the Official Surveys and Records of the U.S. Surveyor General's Office, U.S. Coast Survey, U.S. Land Office and the County of Napa.

An Extraordinary and Early Calistoga Cadastral Map and View Fine early map of Calistoga, in Napa County, with a small inset birds-eye view in the lower left corner.

This topographical map showing Lake Tahoe and vicinity was published in 1874 using compiled information provided by Ferdinand von Leicht and J.D. Hoffmann. It displays cities, towns, deserted towns, mountains, lakes, rivers, mountain passes, and railroads.

A haunting masterpiece with a thunderous sky in the background, created with octopus ink. James Audubon’s “Snowy Owl” is one of the most desirable images from his monumental Birds of America: one of his very few nocturnal scenes, and certainly one of the most vibrant and charming full-page illustrations of his 435-plate series.

THE MOST FAMOUS IMAGE OF A BIRD IN ALL OF HISTORY "The great size and beauty of the Wild Turkey, its value as a delicate and highly prized article of food, and the circumstance of its being the origin of the domestic race now generally dispersed over both continents, render it one of the most interesting of the birds indigenous to the United States of America." - Audubon's Ornithological Biography, 1831.

Audubon’s genius juxtaposition of seven Carolina Parrots in various stages of movement on single branch. "The Parrot does not satisfy himself with cockle-burs, but eats or destroys almost every kind of fruit indiscriminately, and on this account is always an unwelcome visiter to the planter, the farmer, or the gardener. The stacks of grain put up in the field are resorted to by flocks of these birds, which frequently cover them so entirely, that they present to the eye the same effect as if a brilliantly coloured carpet had been thrown over them." - Audubon’s Ornithological Biography.

One of the Great Icons That Has Never Been Equaled for Drama. With rosy pink wings, an orange tail, and a naked, blotchy, scaly grayish-green head, the Roseate Spoonbill is at once beautiful and bizarre.

“I feel great pleasure, good reader, in assuring you, that our White Pelican, which has hitherto been considered the same as that found in Europe, is quite different. In consequence of this discovery, I have honoured it with the name of my beloved country, over the mighty streams of which, may this splendid bird wander free and unmolested to the most distant times, as it has already done from the misty ages of unknown antiquity." - Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, 1831.

John James Audubon, is without rival, the most celebrated American natural history artist. Audubon devoted his life to realizing his dream of identifying and depicting the birds of North America, and his work has had profound cultural and historical significance.