 Amplissimae regionis Mississipi seu provinciae Ludovicianae
Collection DescriptionScope and ContentDepicts the Mississippi River and its basin, part of Canada, the Great Lakes, part of Mexico and the Bahamas; Shows most of the region as Louisiana, rest is divided into New Mexico, Florida, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, New England, Canada and the Bahamas; The routes of early explorers including St. Denis, Chemin, de Soto and Ionty are labeled with the dates of their exploration; Great Lakes are labeled as Lake Superior, Lake Illinois, Lake Huron or Michigan, Lake Erie or Du Chat and Lake Frontenac or Ontario; Relief shown pictorially; Title from cartouche at upper left; Cut below title, of Catarrhacta ad Niagaram; Design, lower right, of the arms of the French W. India Company: Ins. Gall. Societatis Indiae Occidentalis; From Homann Erben's Atlas geographicvs maior. 1753-59 [i.e. 1784; v. 1, 1759] v. 1, part 2, no. 83; Phillips, Atlases, Vol. 1, no. 622; DeRenne, 1210; Publication: Norimbergae : [Hommaniani heredibus, 1759] Administrative InformationPreferred Citation noteAmplissimae regionis Mississipi seu provinciae Ludovicianae, hmap1763h6, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject Terms | ||||||||||||||||||||