Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi Seu Provinciae Ludovicianae
Nuremberg, Germany: 1727. Notes: The Buffalo Map of the Mississippi River Valley.
One of the most attractive early maps to focus on the American interior and Great Lakes. Includes fine illustrations of a buffalo flanked by Indians, the Niagara Falls, a Longhorn bull, a beaver colony, and a portrait of Fr. Hennepin, who explored the Great Lakes area and falsely claimed to have reached the mouth of the Mississippi. "This handsome map by the most famous German mapmaker of the eighteenth century follows closely Guillaume de l'Isle's map of 1718 and incorporates a scenic vignette of Niagara.That de l'Isle's map had so many imitators in the eighteenth century underlines the facts of French expansion in North America during the reign of Louis XIV; of the search for routes leading to California and Mexico; of the search for regions more habitable and hospitable than the cold valley of the St. Lawrence River; of the search for lands beyond English influence; and of the ever-present search for gold and silver to replenish royal coffers emptied by wars in Europe" -Goss
, Size : 493x586 (mm), 19.41x23.07 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Reference: Goss, North America, map 49; Cumming (SE) #170, Category: Maps United States; Maps North America Great Lakes;. Very Good, upper margin is trimmed. Item #M11155
Price: $2,600.00