1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 256 19TH CENTURY The Kerguelen Islands

The Kerguelen Islands

The tradition took off in the early 19th century

Speed was the first Englishman to produce a world atlas with the issue in 1627 of his A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World

Resolution and Adventure became separated

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 256 19TH CENTURY The Kerguelen IslandsTitle : Mactre, Mactra Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 205mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23887 Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique Conchology or Shell print by Jean Baptiste Lamarck was drawn by Henri Joseph Redoute (1766 1852) younger brother of the famous illustrator P J Redoute engraved by Robert Benard and published in the 1789 edition of Tableau encyclopdique et mthodique des trois rgnes de la