Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | A map of that part of the Mississippi Territory, including the land sold to the GeorgiaCo.-the Georgia Mississippi Co.- the upper Mississippi Co. and the Tennessee Co., by act of the legislature of Georgia... |
| Author: | Cox, Zachariah |
| Scale: | ca. 1 inch to 64 miles |
| Situation Date: | 1815 |
| Type: | Manuscript |
| Features: | Rivers, creeks, trails, forts, settlements, reserved land tracts-some with names of owners or claimants, Cox's survey route. |
| Comments: | General Note: map is accompanied by five manuscript additions on separate sheets, of various sizes, delineating comparative survey courses, distances and other data from different surveys that contributed to this map. Map is also accompanied by fifteen 4x5 cards detailing information about map features, history of the land companies and a short biography of Zachariah Cox. Features Notes: Contains notes on distances between places and notes on relationship of survey to previous surveys. Shows boundaries of land grants to the four land companies. Coverage Note: Most of the Mississippi details are in the northeast part of the state. Bibliography: Cox, Zachariah, An estimate of commercial advantages by way of the Mississippi and Mobile rivers to the Western country. |
| Coverage: | Tishomingo, Alcorn, Prentiss, Union, Lee, Itawamba, Pontotoc, Chickasaw and Monroe Counties |
| Repository: | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division | Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
| Language: | English |
| Size (inches): | 35.8 X 48.8 |