"Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins. Pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

This finely engraved French and Indian War period map of French Louisiana is based on a map by Delisle. It extends from the Great Lakes in the north and Nouveau Mexique in the west, to the Gulf of Mexico and shows about half of Florida. The Mississippi River flows dramatically down the center of the map with tributaries including the Ohio River (l'Oyo ou la Belle Riviere), Missouri River, and the Riviere de Moingona in the area of modern-day Des Moines. The map is filled with place names including many Indian tribes, missions, forts, and early settlements. Nouveau Mexique in the far west includes Santa Fe and names the S. Jerome de Taos. Adorned with a rococo-style title cartouche with a distance scale.

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Condition: A

Issued folding, now flat, on watermarked paper with faint offsetting. A binding trim in the lower right margin has been replaced with old paper, with an associated tiny tear that enters 0.5" into map border and has been closed on verso with archival materials.