John James Audobon
(April 26, 1785 - January 27, 1851)
Early Life
Audubon was born in Les Cayes, Haiti on the family sugar plantation. His father was a french naval officer, and his step-mother was a maid. His birth mother died at an early age. Since his childhood he has had an interest in birds, "I felt an intimacy with them......bordering on frenzy must accompany my steps through life". At the age of 12 Audubon was sent to a military school where he became a cabin boy. At the age of 18, Audubon immigrated to the United States in 1803, where he changed his name to John James Audubon.
Birds of America
In 1829, at the age of 41 Audubon took his 497 life-size bird drawings to England, in hopes of publishing his drawings. With much support, Audubon raised enough money to publish his 497 life-size drawings into the book we now know today as Birds of America. The cost of printing the drawings was over $115,640 (over $2,000,000 today). Birds of America was a great accomplishment which took over 14 years of observation and drawing, to create the book. Birds of America was a way the Audubon expressed importants of keeping the birds habitat flourishing and the birds alive.
Issues
The environmental issue the concerned Audubon the most was the destruction
of birds habitat. Birds of America was very important because it helped people realize the importance of keeping the birds habitat flourishing. Today Audubon theory would help in the cause of stopping deforestation in the rain forest and many other places in world. Audubon would want this to happen because the deforestation of the many places around the world are effecting the birds and other animals habitat.
Sources
www.audubon.org/nas/jja.html
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/john_james_audubon
www.monet.unk.edu/mona/artexplr/audubon/audubon.html
By: Mitchell Kuziak and Matt Bynon
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