"Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles. Du Cours et des Environs de la Riviere de Mississipi...", Delisle/Covens & Mortier

Covens & Mortier's issue of Delisle's important map that is credited with accurately showing the course of the Mississippi River and its mouth for the first time. The map influenced later delineations of the Mississippi River by Seutter, Homann, Lotter and others for many years. It is an attractive map that includes much of the present day United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. The British colonies are confined along the eastern seaboard. Florida is shown as a Spanish possession taking in the entire southern region and the Southwest is labeled Nouveau Mexique. This issue has the route of the Spanish galleons added, and the title in Latin along the top margin.

References: Tooley [Amer] #51; Schwartz & Ehrenberg Plt. 82; cf Cummings (SE) #137; Martin & Martin plt.17.

Condition: A

A dark impression with bold original color in the map and later coloring in the cartouches. There are professional repairs to a centerfold separation that enters 2.5" into map at bottom and a chip confined to bottom blank margin. Some minor creasing along the centerfold has been pressed flat.