Map-case 4
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississippi, undated
Item — map-case: 4, drawer: 8, map: 8.31
Identifier: 1500.026.4.8.31
Scope and Contents
Reproduction of a map from LaHarpe's Journeys of 1718-1722. The original map was the first to contain the printed notation of 'Texas' (the Mission de los Tiejas, stablie en 1716), the first large-scale map of the lower Mississippi, the first cartographic appearance of New Orleans, and the first credible attempt to identify the routes of many great explores including De Soto, La Salle, Ponce de Leon, St. Denis, Tonti, and others.
Original map by Guillaume De L'Isle.
Dates:
undated