Carte du Mexique et de la Florida des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs de la Riviere de Mississippi. Dressee sur un grand nombre de memoires principalement sur ceux de Mrs. d'Iberville et le Sueur

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IdentifierMaps_99aDate1703DescriptionFirst issue, with the "Rue des Canettes" address. This is an important map in the evolution of the knowledge of Texas, the Mississippi Valley, and the United States Gulf Coast. It is quite similar to de L'Isle's 1702 manuscript map, now preserved in the French Bureau of Foreign Affairs (see Wheat, Transmississippi West, no 82), and is the first detailed printed cartographic record of the discoveries and foundations of Iberville. It represents a significant advance over the geographer's map of North America of 1700 (see no. 93), as it is much richer in detail and generally presents land masses more accurately than any previous map. The map was highly influential, went through several issues, and was avidly copied by other cartographers. One measure of the prestige of this map is that is was reissued for nearly a century.

Galveston Bay is still absent, but Matagorda Bay ("Baye St. Louis nommee par les Espagnols St. Bernard") is prominent. The Texas river system is improved and more detailed. The Colorado River is named "R. aux Cannes," the Brazos is "La Maligne," and the Trinity, which flows directly into the Gulf, is "R. de Sworas." To the east of the Trinity, a "R. Boho," probably the Sabine, flows into a large bay (Sabine Lake?). Bryan and Hanak (p .7) identified these rivers as follows: "R. Boho" as the Trinity, "La Maligne" the Colorado, "R. aux Cannes" the Guadalupe, and "R. de Sivoras" the Navasota. A number of additional streams are located and named. Language NoteFrenchSubjectCaribbean Area--MapsMexico, Gulf of--MapsNorth America--MapsWest Indies--MapsCopyright StatementNo Copyright – Non-Commercial Use OnlySize47x65 centimeters.EngraverCharles SimonneauCartographerGuillaume de L'Isle

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Carte du Mexique et de la Florida des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs de la Riviere de Mississippi. Dressee sur un grand nombre de memoires principalement sur ceux de Mrs. d'Iberville et le Sueur

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Carte du Mexique et de la Florida des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs de la Riviere de Mississippi. Dressee sur un grand nombre de memoires principalement sur ceux de Mrs. d'Iberville et le Sueur