1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Saltwater Clam Shells, Plate 201 South America Vivien was foremost a geographer

Vivien was foremost a geographer but was also a publisher of works in other fields

he also presents a curious network of interconnected rivers extending westward from the confused course of the White Nile following the popular 18th century speculation that the Nile may be connected to the Niger

and Tripolitania (Tripoli)

the Indians of that island are of good will and are friends to the Spaniards

painful to recollect and invidious to mention

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Saltwater Clam Shells, Plate 201 South America Vivien was foremost a geographerTitle : Anodontites, Anodontites Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23832 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