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Amplissimae regionis Mississipi seu provinciae Ludovicianae
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Amplissimae regionis Mississipi seu provinciae Ludovicianae | |
| Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724 | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1763 | |
| Language(s): Latin | |
| Extent: 1 item(s) | |
| Extent: 1 map : color ; 49 x 58 cm | |
| Collection Number: hmap1763h6 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Map Collection | |
Collection Description
Scope and Content
Depicts 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]
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Preferred Citation note
Amplissimae regionis Mississipi seu provinciae Ludovicianae, hmap1763h6, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.