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Amplissimae regionis Mississipi : seu provinciae Ludovicianae a R.D. Ludovico Hennepin Francise miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687. detectae, nunc gallorum coloniis et actionum negotiis toto orbe celeberrimae ; nova tabula edita / a Jo. Bapt. Homanno S.C.M. Geographe

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Title: Amplissimae regionis Mississipi : seu provinciae Ludovicianae a R.D. Ludovico Hennepin Francise miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687. detectae, nunc gallorum coloniis et actionum negotiis toto orbe celeberrimae ; nova tabula edita / a Jo. Bapt. Homanno S.C.M. Geographe
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724, cartographer
Contributor: Hennepin, Louis, 17th century
Moll, Herman, -1732
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1715
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1725
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "Shows the Illinois country and Hennepin's route, with the old trading route to Aiaouex, locating the town somewhere in the neighborhood of the present Iowa State at Sioux City." Subview of beavers copied from Moll. Distorted idea of a buffalo. Kashnor dates as ca. 1720. View of Niagara Falls copied from Moll. Cartouche with priest and native. Indians with "buffalo" looking more cowlike than bison. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 416.
Type: image
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 49 x 59 cm., sheet 53 x 61 cm.
Identifier: 093:416 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/3363
Language: Latin
French
French
Subject: North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: [ca. 1720]
Place: North America
United States
W 108°
W 68°/N 50°
N 20°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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