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Landing of De Soto in Florida,

Wood engraving with accompanying text on same sheet

Print impression quality: Good

Dimensions (Image): 251 x 239 mm (9.9 x 9.4 in.)

Dimensions (Sheet): 376 x 282 mm (14.8 x 11.1 in.)

Inscribed in block, lower right: “Warren”

Edition: Published in Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion (Boston), 8 (14) (whole no. 196) (Saturday 7 April 1855), p. 217

Accession number: 1998.1.3

Gift of Robert C. Lancefield (BA Wesleyan 1982, MA 1993, PhD 2005; DAC Registrar of Collections 1994–2019, Manager of Museum Information Services 1999–2019), 1998

Work Type: print

Related Works: See other 1855–1856 wood engravings from Ballou’s in the group DAC 1998.1.1 – 1998.1.11.

Keywords: Click a term to find other records with the same keyword.

• expeditions
• explorers
• marine views
• American Studies
• Florida
• Southern United States

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