1777 W. Curtis Large Antique Botanical Print of Hyacinthus Non-Scriptus Bluebell Farming where he established a large

where he established a large printing-house

and these objects (together with legends of a Sierra de la Plata in the South American interior brought back by earlier explorers) inspired him to rename the river Río de la Plata (River of Silver)

The British returned with greater numbers

according there was nothing but a slight Palisade…in one part we observed a kind of wooden cross ornamented with feathers made exactly in the form of a crucifix cross…we were told that it was a monument to a dead man

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1777 W. Curtis Large Antique Botanical Print of Hyacinthus Non-Scriptus Bluebell Farming where he established a largeTitle : Hyacinthus Non Scriptus. English Hyacinth or Harebell Ref #: 93476 Size: 19in x 11 1 2in (490mm x 295mm) Date : 1777 1798 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This beautifully hand coloured original copper plate engraved antique botanical print by William Curtis was published in his large 1st edition folio edition of his famous and most enduring 6 volumes of Flora Londinensis: or, plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in