Engraved map, title in upper margin, colored in outline. Inset of Mississippi delta, Mobile, etc. 44x59.5 cm (17¼x23½").
The original issue is dated 1718 and is a notable map for its representation of the Mississippi river and its tributaries and the west. It became the model for much of the 18th century. It was the first map to use the name Texas - "Mission de los Teyas etablie en 1716". The map extends from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the south edges of Lake Superior; and from Long Island in New York to the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte
Full title: Carte De La Louisiane Et Du Cours Du Mississipi Dressée sur un grand numbre de Memoires entr'autres sur ceux de Mr. le Maire Par Guillme. De L'Isle de l'Acadamie Rle. des Sciences. | A Amsterdam Chez Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier Géographes. | Echelle de Cent lieues Françoises. [linear scale] | [inset] Carte Particuliere Des Embouchures De La Riviere S.Louis Et De La Mobile
Watermark is a drawn bow and arrow with the letters I S inside; Heawood 32 or 89A, but without the main figure. Scale about 83 miles to an inch.
Provenance: Altman's, '65
References: W-TW 99. Tooley, MCC 33, 45 ( Rep original issue). Cumming, S-E in Early Maps, 208 ( Rep original issue ). Goss, Mapping of N.A., 51 ( Rep this issue).