Course of the river Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres; taken on an expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the year 1765.
Summary
Scale ca. 1:890,000.
Hand colored.
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Prime meridian: New Orleans and Ferro.
Shows historic points of interest.
Includes descriptive notes and "Depths of the Mississippi."
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 780
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Vault
AACR2: 651/1; 700/1
Tags
Date
01/01/1765
Contributors
Ross, Lieut.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain