Map or Atlas
Partie Méridionale de la Rivière de Missisipi, et ses Environs, Dans l'Amérique Septentrionale
Map of the Southern portion of North America from New Mexico to Florida and south from Lake Erie. It shows borders, cities, settlements, Native American land and villages, forts, routes of several explorers, mountains, rivers, and lakes. Numerous decorative illustrations dot the map, featuring animals, villages, ships, canoes, and Native Americans hunting, farming and performing ceremonies. Annotations appear throughout the map, offering information on discoveries, explorers and geographical features. |
Image ID: | 124205 |
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Creation Date: | 1718 |
Creator Name: | Fer, Nicolas de |
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Collection Name: | Map Collection |
Genre: | Map or Atlas |
Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
Original Format Number: | H GX83 1718 F |
Original Dimensions: | 44 x 62 cm |
One of the earliest maps to incorporate the reports of Jesuit missionaries and explorers active in the early 18th Century. Prepared for the French Company of the West (John Law & the Mississippi Bubble). |
Animals |
Engraving |
Cities and towns |
Dwellings |
Mountains |
Men |
Hunting |
Exploration |
Canoes and canoeing |
Ships |
Lakes |
Mississippi River |
Rivers |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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