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D2006-CMD-409
A MAP OF LOUISIANA AND OF THE RIVER MISSISSIPI
D2006-CMD-409

A MAP OF LOUISIANA AND OF THE RIVER MISSISSIPI

Date1721
Cartographer
After work by
Publisher
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving with period hand color on laid paper
DimensionsOH: 19 7/8" x OW: 23 1/2"; Plate H: 19 3/8" x W: 22 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1968-134
DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "A MAP OF LOUISIANA AND OF THE RIVER MISSISSIPI By John Senex"

The lower right cartouche reads: "THIS MAP/ of the/ MISSISSIPI/ Is Most humbly Inscribed/ to William Law of Lawreston Esq."Label TextThis map appeared in John Senex's "A New General Atlas," 1721.ProvenanceBefore 1968, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1968-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
TC2000-0699
A New MAP of the North Parts of/ AMERICA claimed by FRANCE/ under y.e Names of LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPI, CANADA and/ NEW FRANCE with y.e Adjoyning Territories of ENGLAND and SPAIN.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
1720
Map of Virginia according to Captain John Smith's Map Published Ano 1606 Also Of the Adjacent Country called by the Dutch Nieu Nederlant
Map of Virginia according to Captain John Smith's Map Published Ano 1606 Also Of the Adjacent Country called by the Dutch Nieu Nederlant
John Senex (1678-1740)
1735
1953-202, Map
CARTE DE LA LOUISIANE ET DU COURS DU MISSISSIPI Dressée sur un grand nombre de Memoires entrau.tres sur ceux de M.r le Maire Par Guill.aume Delisle de
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726)
June 1718
Map 1973-322
A MAP of/ SOUTH CAROLINA/ And a PART of/ GEORGIA./ containing the Whole/ Sea-Coast; all the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes,/ Townships, Boroughs, Roads, and Bridges:/ AS ALSO,/ Several Plantations, with their proper Boundary-Lines...
William Gerard De Brahm (1718-ca. 1799)
1757
Map 1996-7
A New & Exact/ MAP/ OF THE ISLAND OF/ BARBADOES/ IN AMERICA/ According to an Actual & Accurate Survey/ Made in the Years 1717 to 1721/ Approved by the ROYAL SOCIETY & Authorized/ BY HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL LICENCE
William Mayo (b. 1684)
1722
2019-49, Map
A Map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia. Containing the Whole Sea-Coast; all the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes, Townships, Boroughs, Roads and Bridges: As Also, Several Plantations, with their proper Boundary-Lines, and the Names of the Propietors. Composed From Surveys taken by the Hon. William Bull Esq. Lieutenant Governor, Captain Gascoign, Hugh Bryan, Esq.; and William De Brahm Esqr. Surveyor General of the Southn. District of North America, Republished with considerable Additions, from the Surveys made & collected by John Stuart Esqr. His Majesty's Superintendant of Indian Affairs. By William Faden Successor to the late T. Jefferys, Geographer to the King. Charing Cross 1780.
William Faden (1750-1836)
1780
DS1988-0980
A MAP of the/ WEST-INDIES/ or the Islands of AMERICA/ in the NORTH SEA; with y.e adjacent/ Countries; explaining what belongs to SPAIN,/ ENGLAND, FRANCE, HOLLAND &c.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
1740-1745 (originally published 1715)
D2005-CMD-580
Plan Von Neu Ebenezer
George Matthaus Seutter (1678-1757)
1747
1979-285, Map
To the Right Honourable/ WILLIAM/ Lord Cowper, Lord High CHANCELLOR of/ GREAT BRITAIN./ This MAP of/ ASIA/ According to y.e Newest/ and most Exact Observations is/ most Humbly Dedica/ ted by your Lordship's most Humble/ Servant/ Herman Moll Geographer.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
1715-1718
KC1973-342
THE/ AMERICAN/ Military Pocket Atlas;/ BEING/ An approved Collection of Correct MAPS,/ BOTH GENERAL AND PARTICULAR,/ OF/ THE BRITISH COLONIES;/ Especially those which now are, or probably may be/ THE THEATRE OF WAR:
Robert Sayer (1725-1794) & John Bennett (fl. 1760-1787)
1776
TC2000-0667
A MAP/ OF THE/ Province OF New York;/ with Part of/ PENSILVANIA,/ AND/ NEW ENGLAND,/ From an Actual Survey by/ Captain Montresor,/ ENGINEER, 1775.
Captain John Montresor (1736-1799)
June 10, 1775
1989-369, Map
New Map of the Cheif Rivers, Bayes, Creeks, Harbours, and Settlements, in SOUTH CAROLINA. Actually Surveyed...
John Thornton
ca. 1695