MAP, US & Canada, Homann
Striking Map of Colonial America with Bison Vignette. Eastern United States & Canada. Johann Baptist Homann, Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae a R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali Anno 1687..., 1720 (circa). Hand Color. A striking map based on Delisle's landmark map of 1718, but covering a slightly larger area. It focuses on the Mississippi River Valley interior and Great Lakes, also detailing the Gulf Coast region, where the Mission de los Teyas is noted in present-day Texas. The map is splendidly adorned by vignettes of a bison and Native Americans in a cartouche filling the Atlantic, and a beaver colony at Niagara Falls under the title cartouche at upper left. Also depicted in the title cartouche is Father Louis Hennepin who explored the Great Lakes region and claimed to have reached the mouth of the Mississippi. The routes of Hennepin, de Soto and other explorers are traced in the map.
Dimensions: 19.1 x 22.8 in
Condition Report: A crisp impression on a sturdy, bright sheet with full contemporary color. There are minor dampstains along the edges of the sheet and a short, archivally repaired centerfold separation at bottom. Grade: A
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Striking Map of Colonial America with Bison Vignette. Eastern United States & Canada. Johann Baptist Homann, Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae a R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali Anno 1687..., 1720 (circa). Hand Color. A striking map based on Delisle's landmark map of 1718, but covering a slightly larger area. It focuses on the Mississippi River Valley interior and Great Lakes, also detailing the Gulf Coast region, where the Mission de los Teyas is noted in present-day Texas. The map is splendidly adorned by vignettes of a bison and Native Americans in a cartouche filling the Atlantic, and a beaver colony at Niagara Falls under the title cartouche at upper left. Also depicted in the title cartouche is Father Louis Hennepin who explored the Great Lakes region and claimed to have reached the mouth of the Mississippi. The routes of Hennepin, de Soto and other explorers are traced in the map.
Dimensions: 19.1 x 22.8 in
Condition Report: A crisp impression on a sturdy, bright sheet with full contemporary color. There are minor dampstains along the edges of the sheet and a short, archivally repaired centerfold separation at bottom. Grade: A
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