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Map of the Alluvial Region of the Mississippi

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Title: Map of the Alluvial Region of the Mississippi
Publication Date: ©1861
Cartographer: "Drawn by Chs. Mahon"
Dimensions: 28.2 X 17.7
Additional Information: Important map of the Mississippi River and tributaries from southern Missouri and Illinois plus western Kentucky to the Delta and Gulf of Mexico with alluvial lands hand-colored sepia and rivers and gulf colored blue. Handsome map of the Lower Mississippi at the start of the Civil War. Professional backing and archival sleeve for display.Large, handsome and definitive map of the Mississippi River from below St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexicoprepared under the direction of the two most noted hydrologists in the U. S. Army: Capt. A. A. Humphreys and Lt.H. L. Abbot. Other sources attributed include manuscript maps by other USA Top’l Engrs as well as U. S. Coast Surveys, Bayley’s map of Louisiana, La Tourette’s map of Mississippi, Langtree’s map of Arkansas, Hutawa’s map of Missouri, and Rhea’s map of Tennessee. Other sources include Iron Mountain Railroad Co. for Missouri and manuscript map of the Memphis & Little Rock Military Road.“U. S.Miss. Delta Survey. PL.II.”Surveyed and completed railroad routes are shown, including routes from Cairo, Paducah, Clarksville, and Memphis crisscrossing western Kentucky and Tennessee; south from Memphis to New Orleans on east side of the Mississippi River, and west of the Mississippi lie the Memphis and Little Rock Road and the “Surveyed route for a Rail Road from St. Louis to Fulton (on the Arkansas bank of the Red River)..The Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Rail Road runs through Marshall, Texas through Jackson, Mississippi. The N. O. & O. R. R. runs from New Orleans to Brashear CityLower map shows from Beaumont, Texas to Alabama City east of Molile Bay.Forts St. Philip and Jackson depicted on Mississippi River between New Orleans and South Pas on the Delta. Other forts include FortLivingston off Barataria Bay, Ft. Pike on Lake Pontchartrain, Ft. Macomb east of New Orleans; the fort on Ship Island, and Forts Gaines and Morgan on either sides of the entrance to Mobile Bay.An attractive and informative map covering the area most crucial to the Union dividing the South some three years later. Probably the best maps of potential flood areas on the Mississippi to that time.This example has been professionally backed and encapsulated.Good, displayable condition.Professionally restored and encapsulated

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Title: Map of the Alluvial Region of the Mississippi
Publication Date: ©1861
Cartographer: "Drawn by Chs. Mahon"
Dimensions: 28.2 X 17.7
Additional Information: Important map of the Mississippi River and tributaries from southern Missouri and Illinois plus western Kentucky to the Delta and Gulf of Mexico with alluvial lands hand-colored sepia and rivers and gulf colored blue. Handsome map of the Lower Mississippi at the start of the Civil War. Professional backing and archival sleeve for display.Large, handsome and definitive map of the Mississippi River from below St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexicoprepared under the direction of the two most noted hydrologists in the U. S. Army: Capt. A. A. Humphreys and Lt.H. L. Abbot. Other sources attributed include manuscript maps by other USA Top’l Engrs as well as U. S. Coast Surveys, Bayley’s map of Louisiana, La Tourette’s map of Mississippi, Langtree’s map of Arkansas, Hutawa’s map of Missouri, and Rhea’s map of Tennessee. Other sources include Iron Mountain Railroad Co. for Missouri and manuscript map of the Memphis & Little Rock Military Road.“U. S.Miss. Delta Survey. PL.II.”Surveyed and completed railroad routes are shown, including routes from Cairo, Paducah, Clarksville, and Memphis crisscrossing western Kentucky and Tennessee; south from Memphis to New Orleans on east side of the Mississippi River, and west of the Mississippi lie the Memphis and Little Rock Road and the “Surveyed route for a Rail Road from St. Louis to Fulton (on the Arkansas bank of the Red River)..The Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Rail Road runs through Marshall, Texas through Jackson, Mississippi. The N. O. & O. R. R. runs from New Orleans to Brashear CityLower map shows from Beaumont, Texas to Alabama City east of Molile Bay.Forts St. Philip and Jackson depicted on Mississippi River between New Orleans and South Pas on the Delta. Other forts include FortLivingston off Barataria Bay, Ft. Pike on Lake Pontchartrain, Ft. Macomb east of New Orleans; the fort on Ship Island, and Forts Gaines and Morgan on either sides of the entrance to Mobile Bay.An attractive and informative map covering the area most crucial to the Union dividing the South some three years later. Probably the best maps of potential flood areas on the Mississippi to that time.This example has been professionally backed and encapsulated.Good, displayable condition.Professionally restored and encapsulated

Reserve: $200.00

Shipping:
Domestic: Flat-rate of $18.00 to anywhere within the contiguous U.S.
International: Foreign shipping rates are determined by destination.
Combined shipping: Additional shipping charge of $24.00 for multiple lots won from seller #18508
Location: This item ships from Tennessee

Your purchase is protected:
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In the rare event that the item did not conform to the lot description in the sale, Jasper52 specialists are here to help. Buyers may return the item for a full refund provided you notify Jasper52 within 5 days of receiving the item.
Condition Report: Good

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