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[MAP]. HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724). Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi Seu Provinciae Ludovicianae. Nuremburg, [ca 1720].
Engraved map of the Mississippi region or Louisiana Province with surrounding parts of North America, with hand-coloring, 527 x 622 mm. Insets of Niagara Falls, and a scene of indigenous people standing alongside a buffalo. (Some light spotting.) Matted.
Early engraved map of the American interior and Great Lakes, outlining the journey of Franciscan missionary Louis Hennepin through the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi River based on Guillaume De Lisle’s 1718 map “La Louisiane,” along with the routes of explorers De Soto, La Salle, and St. Denis. Also depicted are Hennepin, a beaver colony, and a longhorn bull. Cumming 170; Day 401; Goss 49; Lowery 475; McCorckle 720.1; Sellers & Van Ee 102; Wheat 144.
Engraved map of the Mississippi region or Louisiana Province with surrounding parts of North America, with hand-coloring, 527 x 622 mm. Insets of Niagara Falls, and a scene of indigenous people standing alongside a buffalo. (Some light spotting.) Matted.
Early engraved map of the American interior and Great Lakes, outlining the journey of Franciscan missionary Louis Hennepin through the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi River based on Guillaume De Lisle’s 1718 map “La Louisiane,” along with the routes of explorers De Soto, La Salle, and St. Denis. Also depicted are Hennepin, a beaver colony, and a longhorn bull. Cumming 170; Day 401; Goss 49; Lowery 475; McCorckle 720.1; Sellers & Van Ee 102; Wheat 144.
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist. Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi Seu Provinciae Ludovicianae. Nuremburg, [ca
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