Carte de la decoverte faite l'an 1663 dans l'Americque septentrionale.

Format:

Manuscript

Map/Atlas

Contributor:

Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library), owner.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675.

Marquette, Jacques.

Indians of North America--Maps--Early works to 1800.

Indians of North America.

Mississippi River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800.

Mississippi River Valley.

Genre:

Manuscript maps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 map).

Production:

[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1663; 1681]

Summary:

Shows the Mississippi River Valley from central Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, detailing the Illinois, Missouri, and Red Rivers; includes western part of Lake Michigan; identifies numerous Indian tribes and villages.

Notes:

AM reference: VAULT Graff 4122 v. 1, opposite p. 1 (PrCt)

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.

Scale c.1:4,200,000.

State 2 of the printed map, dated '1663'. For state 3 of the map, dated '1673', see VAULT Ayer 110 .T3 1681. Derived from manuscripts associated with Jacques Marquette and held by the Bibliotheque Nationale (France). For tracing of the Bibliotheque Nationale ms. made c.1850 by historian Pierre Margry, and held by the Newberry, see Carte de la nouvelle decouverte que les peres Ieusuistes ont fait en l'annee 1672 et continuee par le P. Jacques Marquette de la mesme compagne, VAULT drawer Ayer MS map 47.

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