MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Guzmania monostachia (Tufted Airplant) 08_03_23 as English cartographers sought to

as English cartographers sought to challenge Spanish dominance in the Americas and assert their own claims to knowledge and influence over these contested territories

Plate LXXIX (79)

after initially approved in 1836 the voyage floundered due to lack of support from the conservative United States Navy

circa 1700Hand-colored copperplate engravingSheet size: 24 x 19 inches

MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Guzmania monostachia (Tufted Airplant) 08_03_23 as English cartographers sought toMARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909 1988) Guzmania monostachia Signed Margaret Mee and inscribed with title, [circa 1968] Gouache over pencil on paper Watermarked Raffaello Fabriano Image size: 8 3 4 x 11 1 2 in. Frame size: 19 x 23 in. Provenance: Margaret Mee A fine, finished painting by Mee of Guzmania monostachia (commonly known as the West Indian Tufted Airplant), which is an epiphytic bromeliad found in Brazil, the West Indies, and Florida (where it is