Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Map of the alluvIal region of the Mississippi [River] prepared to accompany the report of Capt. A.A. Humpherys and Lieut. H.L. Abbot Corps of Engineers. War Dept. 1861. |
| Author: | Mahon, Charles |
| Scale: | ca. 1 inch to 15 miles |
| Situation Date: | 1861 |
| Publication Date: | 1861 |
| Type: | Original |
| Features: | Drainage, lakes, alluvial areas, numbered river islands, cities, towns, railroads and surveyed R.R. routes. |
| Comments: | General Note: Noted on map- "U.S. Miss. Delta Survey" Bibliographic Note: Plate 2 in Report upon the physics and hydrologies of the Mississippi River: United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, professional paper 4. Author Note: "Prepared to accompany the report of Capt. A.A. Humphreys and Lieut. H.L. Abbot, Corps of Top'l. Eng'rs., U.S.A. to the Bureau of Topl. Engrs., War Dept." Features Note: Geographical and alluvial lands authorities are listed in separate tables. |
| Coverage: | Mississippi River Valley (DeSoto, Coahoma, Tunica, Washington, Bolivar, Issaquena, Warren, Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams and Wilkinson Counties) |
| Repository: | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division | Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Mississippi Geology Library | Mississippi River Commission |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | [Washington] : Corps of Topographical Engineers, 1861. |
| Size (inches): | 28.3 x 18.3 |
| Color: | Y |
| Link: | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4042m.cws00185 http://www.loc.gov/item/99447038/ |