"Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Colonial Central and Southern United States
Period: 1757 (dated)
Publication: Abrege de l' Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Black & White
Size:
11.8 x 8.5 inches
30 x 21.6 cm
Finely engraved and detailed map of French Louisiana that extends from the Great Lakes and Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico and from Nouveau Mexique to the middle of Florida. The Mississippi River flows dramatically down the center of the map with tributaries including the Ohio River, (l'Oyo ou la Belle), Missouri River, and the Riviere de Moingona in the area of modern-day Des Moines. The map is filled with many Indian names, missions, forts and early settlements. Adorned with a decorative title cartouche.
References: Sellers & Van Ee #75.
Condition: B
A nice impression on a sheet with a repaired 1.5" tear extending into the bottom of the map.
