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Open book Map of the Southern Indian District of North America

Title Map of the Southern Indian District of North America

Creator Purcell, Joseph

Date 1775

Subjects Cherokee Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Creek Indians

Description Pen-and-ink and outline watercolor (red, green, yellow, brown). Drawn on 25 sheets pasted together, sectioned into 24 panels, and mounted on cloth. Damaged with some loss of detail. Subsequently detached from cloth and mounted on 12 sheets of heavy paper, each 490 x 580 mm.

Summary Shows North America east of the Mississippi River and south of the Ohio River. References identify 155 Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee villages. Includes notes on Indian land claims and cessions. Date of compilation, fuller description, and bibliographic references in: Cumming, William Patterson. The Southeast in early maps / rev. and enl. by Louis De Vorsey, Jr. 3d ed. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998) p. 323-324, no. 438, and plates 68-71.

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 1,888 x 1,706 mm

Format Maps

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS map 228

BibID 146268

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 14703px × 12418px 522.39 MB

File Created 10/12/2021

Filename 991462688805867_MM20-0191_vault_ayer_map_ms_map_228_sheet_05.tif

Unique Identifier NL1UN4C

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