Guillaume de L'Isle (Delisle)'s Map of the Mississippi and Louisiana, from 1767.
Map of the Mississippi and Louisiana – Delisle |
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| Date: | 1767 |
| Author: | Guillaume de L'Isle |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (6.1mb) |
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This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of exploration that you might want to check out.
Here is Guillaume Delisle's map of the Mississippi valley, and the land that would become the Louisiana Purchase.
Love this map. You have the lovingly rendered minor-rivers of the gulf coast and of Southeast Texas; the lush primacy of the mouth of the Mississippi, and then past that? It's got a real Thar Be Dragons feel to it that just makes me want to go explore it. Anything northwest of Shreveport is just this single, desolate hill, repeating to infinity... which in the case of Cherry County [gmap], Nebraska, might be entirely factually accurate – one day somebody should finally go there and check it out.
I think Guillaume de l’Isle (Delisle) died in 1726. The map may be partly based on his work, but he was not the author/engraver in this case.