Accurata delineatio celeberrimae regionis Ludoviciane vel Gallice Louisiane ol. Canadae et Floridae adpellatione in Septemtrionali America descriptae quae hodie nomine fluminis Mississippi vel St. Louis per colonias et navigationes Gallorum ob immensas opes et adfluentiam magis magisque inclarescit ex fide digniss. itinerariis consignata [map] / et in lucem edita cura et manu Mattaei Seutteri S.C.M.G. Augustan.

Author
Seutter, Matthäus, 1678-1757 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[Augsburg : Matthaei Seutteri, ca. 1745]
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:11,000,000]. Scale of inset [ca. 1:2,200,000]. (W 105°43ʹ00ʺ--W 39°57ʹ00ʺ/N 66°00ʹ00ʺ--N 18°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 48 x 56 cm.

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Subject(s)
Former owner
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Notes
  • Based on Nicolas de Fer map of 1719.
  • Engraved by: M. Rhein.
  • Cartouche drawn by: Gottfr. Rogg.
  • Elaborate cartouche illustrates events and results of Mississippi Bubble investment scheme.
Provenance
Historic Maps copy is from the estate of N.B. Fox, Princeton class of 1899.
References
McCorkle, B. New England in early printed maps 730.3
Inset title
  • Costes de la Louisiane depuis la baye des Ascension jusques a celle de S. Joseph ...
OCLC
166636755
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