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The Mississippi

Relief shown pictorially. Shows trees, animals, and names of the Indian nations. Pen-and-ink and watercolor; detached from paper and mounted on cloth backing. "This is the copy of a sketch of the Mississippi River and country, contained in a manuscript map. has the following title Carte génerale de la France septentrionale, contenant dans la dʹecouverte du pays des Ilinois. made by the Sieur Jolliet. our present map. is one of the first French maps of the Mississippi River ever made, if not the very first one itself." Includes a discussion of the origin, significance, and contents of the map. In upper left corner: 229.

Date
1682
Mapmaker / publisher
Franquelin, Jean Baptiste Louis; Joliet, Louis
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
8,526 × 6,224 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"The Mississippi" (1682). Franquelin, Jean Baptiste Louis; Joliet, Louis. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Mississippi_LOC_2002626428.jpg

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