Cours du Mississipi et La Louisiane

Subject

Colonial Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, from St. Bernard Bay (Texas) east to Florida; location of Indian tribes. Tunica, Tensas Indians.

Date
1749 (historical)
Mapmaker
Robert de Vaugondy, [Didier]
Place of Publication

[Paris]

Accession Number
1997.078.088
Alternate number
Lupin Collection
Condition
Good.
Curatorial Notes

Nice color. Label from 1996 exhibit: This map depicts the location of the "Tonicas" (Tunica) and "Taensas (Tensas) Indians near the Taensas River, which retains that name today under a different spelling (Tensas), along with a parish (county) located in northeastern Louisiana. "Tunica" means "Men" or "people" in the Tunica language. When Europeans first encountered the Tunica Indians they lived along the Yazoo River; during the first decade of the eighteenth century the tribe migrated to the location depicted on this map, near the Red River.

Exhibition History
1996 Sep - Mar 30, 1999, So Much More than Just A Map
Market Value
1999 Mar: Antique Atlas Catalog #114, #205, $175.00
1994 Apr: Murray Hudson Antiquarian Books and Maps: $385.00
Notes

This map depicts the location of the "Tonicas" (Tunica) and "Taensas (Tensas) Indians near the Taensas River, which retains that name today under a different spelling (Tensas), along with a parish (county) located in northeastern Louisiana. "Tunica" means "men" or "people" in the Tunica language. When Europeans first encountered the Tunica Indians they lived along the Yazoo River; during the first decade of the eighteenth century the tribe migrated to the location depicted on this map, near the Red River.

Size
8 3/8 x 6 3/8
Storage
c06d06