Course of the river Mississipi [sic] from the Balise to Fort Chartres [cartographic material] ; 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 the river made

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Title: Course of the river Mississipi [sic] from the Balise to Fort Chartres [cartographic material] ; 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 the river made
Alternative Title: Course of the river Mississippi from the Balise to Fort Chartres
Creator: Ross, John, active 1762-1789
Contributor: Jefferys, Thomas, -1771. American atlas.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Published / Created: 1 June 1775.
Publication Place: London :
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street. Publishd as the Act directs,
Description: From Thomas Jeffery's The American atlas. 1775. Also published in Faden's North America Atlas, 1777.
Imperfect: torn along fold. Title in manuscript on verso.
Map of the Mississippi River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico to Fort Chartres, Illinois. Covers the Mississippi Valley from the Delta of the Mississippi where it joins the Gulf of Mexico to Fort Chartres.
Prime meridian: New Orleans.
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Scale of "Sea Leagues, 20 to a Degree"; and "British Miles, 69 1/2 to a Degree" below the imprint.
Second issue. The first issue appeared in 1772. This 1775 issue has many changes in the area around New Orleans including the addition of forts St. Leon and St. Mary. Shows Baton Rouge and Lake Pontchartrain.
The first official English survey of the Lower Mississippi, and one of the most historically significant American maps, delineating the British gains from France in the French and Indian War and later establishing the future western boundary of the new United States.
The map includes detail of the lands to the immediate east of the Mississippi including numerous tributary rivers: the Pearl River, the Yasous River, the Chickasaw River, and the Ohio River. The locations of tribal lands and villages are noted, as well as alliances, roads to reach the villages, and the number of soldiers for several villages. Some tribes delineated in the map include the Arkansas, Chocktaw, Chicasaw, Yazoo, Wiapes, and Caskaskias.
Watermark.
Extent: 1 map on 2 sheets : hand-colored ; 113 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale approximately 1:870,000
Coordinates: (W 92°--W 89°/N 38°11'--N 29°15'), 029.250000, 038.183333, -089.000000, -092.000000, 870000, and a

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: BrSides Folio 2018 122

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: cartographic
Genre: Early maps
Early works
Maps
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic): Mississippi River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Mississippi River--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name): Jefferys, Thomas, -1771. American atlas.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794

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Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Phillips, P.L. List of Geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, vol. 1, entry 1166, no. 26
Phillips, P.L. Maps of America in the Library of Congress, p. 439
Seller, J. Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, entry 781
Stevens, H. Comparative cartography, entry 31 (b)

Identifiers

Catalog Record: 8227874
Object ID (OID): 16682168