Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi Dresée sur un grand nombre de Memoires entrau tres sur ceux de Mr. le Maire Par Guillme. de l'Isle de l'Academie Rle. des Sciences
Creator
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726, cartographer
Contributor
Cóvens et Mortier, publisher Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller Museum Book Store
Kashnor notes, "Shows the course of the Missouri extending north of the Rockies, where the Spaniards forded the river to trade with the people for yellow iron, "du fer jaune." Also shows Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and New Mexico." Kashnor dates as ca. 1720. This edition shows New Orleans. Submap of the Mississippi delta. MS note: 41 (upper right). Appeared in information from RLIN record. See 093:550M for an earlier version, 150047 for the same version, and 52352 for a reproduction. Submap: Carte Particuliere des Embouchures de la Riviere S. Louis et de la Mobile. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 478.
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