R.F Abbott 1880 Hand-drawn Student Map wood carving I didn't know anything about

I didn't know anything about Artesania Rinconada ceramic animals when I found this tiger

14 3/8" tall x 12" wide x 1"deep

making the surface all the more interesting

And it is stunning

R.F Abbott 1880 Hand-drawn Student Map wood carving I didn't know anything aboutI'm not totally sure why I'm so into this old map, done by an R. F. Abbott in 1880 I think it might be seeing "Dominion of Canada" in writing, and that it makes the far north both look far more exciting that the United States! Surely this was a student assignment focused on islands, capes, and coastal waters, but the effect looking at it now is to make it feel like there is vast open territory yet to be explored, which makes me at least very hungry to