Carte du Mississippi [Map of the Mississippi River]

Sub-Title

Depuis sa Source jusqu'à l'Embouchure du Missouri

Subject

Mississippi River from the confluence of the Missouri River to Gulf of Mexico and tributary River des Moines. Zebulon Pike.

Date

1805-6 (historical)

Mapmaker

King, Nicolas

Place of Publication

Paris

Accession Number

1981.065.031

Condition

Fair. Foxing, browning, surface dirt, worn along fold lines. Needs conservation.

Exhibition History

Dec 1982-1984: map exhibition in Presbytere.

Market Value

1982: Purchased from Graham Arader for $200.00

Notes

Includes notation, "Dresseé d'après les Notes de Z. M. Pike, par Antoine Nau, Réduite et Corrigeé d'après les Observations de M. Thompson à sa source, et du Captaine M. Lewis à son Confluent avec le Missouri, par Nicolas King." Delineates Pike's 1805-06 observations during his expedition from St. Louis to the headwater region of the Mississippi River. From d'Hautel's 1812 "Voyage au Nouveau Mexique," translated by M. Brenton from Pike's 1810 "An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and through the Western Parts of Louisiana...during the years 1805, 1806 and 1807, etc."

Size

8 3/8 x 29

Storage

c05d08