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Title
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
Date Created and/or Issued
1715
1716
1717
1718
1719
1720
1721
1722
1723
1724
1725
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
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Description
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.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 map : col. ; 44 x 60 65 cm.
Identifier
105:478 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1074
Language
French
French
Subject
United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
Louisiana--Maps--Early works to 1800
Mississippi River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period
ca. 1720
Place
North America
United States
Mississippi River
W107°
W72°/ N46°
N26°
Source
Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Relation
093:550 ; 150047 ; 52352
Provenance
Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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