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Accurata delineatio celeberrimæ regionis Ludovicianæ vel Gallice Louisiane oł. Canadæ et Floridæ adpellatione in Septemtrionali America ... / Gottfri Rogg del. ; M. Rhein sc.

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Accurata delineatio celeberrimæ regionis Ludovicianæ vel Gallice Louisiane oł. Canadæ et Floridæ adpellatione in Septemtrionali America ... / Gottfri Rogg del. ; M. Rhein sc.

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Print shows in a cartouche a semi-nude female figure standing on a winged orb which rests on a pedestal bearing the title inscription. She holds to her right a cornucopia from which spills coins; on the left side of the pedestal cherubs give papers to well dressed men; on the right of the pedestal are men in despair at receiving none of the riches. At the base of the pedestal, in the foreground, cherubs cut paper and blow bubbles; refers to the Mississippi Bubble land speculation scheme.

Illus. in: Atlas géographique de cent et huit cartes générales et spéciales, ... / Tobias Conrad Lotter. [Nurnberg] : 1778, no. 95.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 722.

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01/01/1778
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Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777.
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756.
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