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John James Audubon
Crump Blvd., Memphis,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 7' 29.456796",
-90° 4' 19.822368"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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On Friday, Dec. 1, 1820, this naturalist and artist landed nearby, on his way by flatboat from Cincinnati to New Orleans. He kept a diary and sketched animals and birds seen en route. Near here, he saw gulls, cormorants, white-headed eagles, grackles, purple finches, teal, parakeets, sandhill cranes, and numerous types of geese. These sketches helped form the basis for parts of his monumental book of engravings, Birds in America, published 1826-38.
Tennessee Historical Commission
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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John James Audubon Historical Marker Location Map, Memphis, Tennessee Map
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