Course of the River Mississipi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres; Taken on an Expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the year 1765. By Lieut. Ross of the 34th Regiment: Improved from the Surveys of that River made by the French.

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• ARTIST: Lieut. John Ross

• PUBLISHER: Published by Robert Sayer, London.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving.

  DATE: 1775

• EDITION SIZE: 13 5/8 x 44 1/4" (34.5 x 102.2 cm) plus wide margins.

• DESCRIPTION: The first official English survey of the lower half of the Mississippi. This map delineates the British gains from France in the French and Indian War and establishing the future western boundary of the new United States. This issue of the map was used by both the British and Americans in the American Revolution, and was considered by both sides to be the most authoritative map of the Mississippi Valley. The New Orleans area is still designated as French, not to be absorbed by the United States until 1803 at the conclusion of the Louisiana Purchase. This large scale, highly detailed map shows forts, settlements, and tribes from just below St. Louis to the mouth of the Mississippi. This map appeared in Thomas Jefferys' "The American Atlas: or A Geographical Description of the Whole Continent of America...".

• ADDITIONAL INFO: A fine example of the map.

• CONDITION: Good condition. Original outline hand coloring.

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