"Karte von Luisiana, dem Laufe des Mississipi und den Benachbarten Laendern", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Colonial Eastern United States
Period: 1744 (dated)
Publication: Allegmeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande
Color: Black & White
Size:
21.8 x 15.5 inches
55.4 x 39.4 cm
This is a scarce German issue of Bellin's map of Louisiana originally published in Charlevoix's Histoire. The finely engraved map covers the region from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico over to the Rocky Mountains and Santa Fe. The information in the west includes the road from Mexico City to Santa Fe and the routes of St. Denis and De Soto though Texas. The map shows strategic forts and areas claimed by the French just prior to the French and Indian War. Includes excellent detail of settlements, Indian tribes, rivers, and trails. Adorned by a compass rose in the Atlantic Ocean. Published in 1756.
References: Brown (Ohio) pp. 69-70; cf. McCorkle #744-1; cf. Tooley (MCC-96) #703.
Condition: B
Issued folding on watermarked paper with light offsetting and three short fold separations at top that have been closed on verso with tape. There is a binding trim at lower left along with a short binding tear closed on recto with tape.
