Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Carte de la rivière de Mississipi : sur les mémoires de Mr. Le Sueur qui en a pris avec la boussole tous les tours et detours depuis la mer jusqu'à la rivière St. Pierre, et a pris la hauteur du pole en plusieurs endroits / par Guillaume de L'Isle geographe de l'Academie des Sciences. |
| Author: | L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726. |
| Scale: | ca 1 inch to 15 miles |
| Situation Date: | 1702 |
| Type: | Manuscript |
| Features: | Relief, drainage, lakes, river islands, portages, Indian settlements, "ancient communities", sites where geographical observations/measurements were taken. |
| Comments: | General Note: 1 map on 5 sheets-very detailed. Title Note: General translation-Map of the Mississippi River: the memoirs of Mr. Le Sueur who took the compass with all the detours from the sea to the river St. Peter, and took the height of the pole in several places / by Guillaume de L'Isle Geographe de l'Academie des Sciences. In lower right corner: "Archives du Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine, Paris." "No. 9--124885." Translation-Archive Filing of maps and plans of the Navy, Paris. "" No. 9 to 124,885. |
| Coverage: | Source of Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico |
| Repository: | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division | Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia |
| Language: | French |
| Size (inches): | 103 X 31, sheets 22.4 X 32.6 |
| Color: | Y |
| Link: | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4042m.ct000665 |