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Carte de la nouvelle decouverte que les peres Ieusuistes ont fait en l'annee 1672 et continuee par le P. Jacques Marquette de la mesme compagne...

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Title Carte de la nouvelle decouverte que les peres Ieusuistes ont fait en l'annee 1672 et continuee par le P. Jacques Marquette de la mesme compagne...

Creator Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675

Date 1850

Place Mississippi River Valley

Language French

Subjects Indians of North America, Manuscript maps

Description Tracing made ca. 1850 by historian Pierre Margry from 1673 manuscript map by explorer Jacques Marquette; original filed in the prints collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale (France) as Estampes, Vd. 30. See Jackson, Jack. Manuscript maps concerning the Gulf Coast (Chicago: Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, 1995) p. 3 no. 12.
Oriented with north at right.
Pencil on tracing paper.
First printed edition of the map appeared in Thevenot, Melchisedec. Recueil de voyages de Mr. Thevenot (Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1681) following p. 16: Carte de la decouverte faite l'an 1663 [sic] dans l'Amerique Septentrionale / Liebaux sculp.

Summary Shows the Mississippi River Valley from central Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, detailing the Illinois, Missouri, and Red Rivers; identifies numerous Indian tribes and villages.

Extent 1 ms. map ; 421 x 677 mm

Format Maps

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Pierre Margry Manuscript Map Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS map 47

BibID 135821

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 9390px × 6784px 182.28 MB

Filename 991358218805867_Ayer_MS_Map_47_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I8PN

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