Carte de la Louisiane [et du] Cours du Mississipi (sic) et Pais Voisins

Sub-Title

Dédieé a M. le Comte de Maurepas, Ministre et Secretaire d'Etat Commandeur des Ordres du Roy.

Subject

Colonial Louisiana, Mississippi River; location of Indian villages

Date

1744

Mapmaker

Bellin, N[icolas]

Publisher

[Ganeau, Veuve]

Place of Publication

Paris

Accession Number

T0019.1994.002.02

Condition

Fair-Good; foxed

Curatorial Notes

Second copy located 1982.077.074.

Market Value

2000 Oct: Paulus Swaen on-line catalog auction #06638: starting bid $1,500.00; est. $1,650.00
1999 Apr: Murray Hudson Antiquarian Books and Maps, item #17053, $2,000.00 (map only)
1982 appraisal of 1982.077.074: $250.00
1998 Jan: Helen R. Kah

Notes

From F. P. Xavier Charlevoix's 1744 "Histoire de la Nouvelle France," vol. 2. This is after Deslisle's 1718 "Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi." Dédiée à M. le Comte de Maurepas Ministre et Secretaire d'Etat.

Media Type

bound in book

Size

15 x 21 1/4

Storage

c06d04/vault