MIssissippi River around Chester, Illinois.
This is a beautiful hand colored 1865 United States Costal Survey chart or map of a part of the Mississippi River around, Chester Illinois. Sheet six of a six sheet set depicting the Mississippi River from Cairo Illinois to St. Mary’s Missouri. The bends in the river are named, as are the many river islands shown. Notes towns, wood lots, landings and farms, many of which are shown with family names. Produced under the supervision of A. D. Bache in 1865. Professionally rebacked and beautifully hand colored.
- Date
- 1865
- Mapmaker / publisher
- United States Coast Survey
- Place
- Illinois
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 2,086 × 3,000 pixels
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Reason: public domain: Art (PD-USGov-USCGS).
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"MIssissippi River around Chester, Illinois." (1865). United States Coast Survey, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1865_U.S.C.S._Map_of_the_Mississippi_River_around_Chester_Illinois_-_Geographicus_-_RivMiss6-USCS-1865.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 295867.
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