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Magnus, Charles
Panorama Of The Mississippi …
1863
Separate Map
Authors Magnus, Charles
Full Title Panorama Of The Mississippi Valley And Its Fortifications. Published by C. Magnus, 12 Frankfort Street, New York. Eng. by F.W. Boell.
List No 2397.000
Note Date is Stephenson's, there is no date on map. Four vignettes, attractive hand-painted color. Map includes table of distances to various points on the Mississippi from St. Louis to New Orleans.
Colton, J. H., Norman, B.M., …
Chart Of The Lower Mississip …
1858
Pocket Map
Authors Colton, J. H., Norman, B.M., Persac, A.
Full Title Norman's Chart Of The Lower Mississippi River By A. Persac. Published by B.M. Norman, New Orleans, La. 1858. Entered ... 1858 by B.M. Norman ... Louisiana. Engraved, Printed & Mounted By J.H. Colton & Co. New York. (At top) From Natchez to New Orleans.
List No 2752.000
Note Views, shows Plantations by type, very scarce. In full color, lacks original covers. See our reproduction copy issued by Pelican Press, originally in 1931, and printed by Rand McNally - this reproduction greatly alters the original. Ritzlin catalogue: "Persac was a well known surveyor and landscape painter... the map is quite scarce and normally in poor condition because most copies were used by river pilots to locate plantation landings. Few copies are known in contemporary boards. NUC lists only three copies ... however several copies are located in the south, including one which the Louisiana Supreme Court still uses in land ownership cases." Incredible detail, showing the Plantations on both sides of the river. Four engraved views. Engraved by J.H. Colton. Lacking boards, this copy has some tears at the folds with slight loss at some intersections, some light browning in two areas, but is overall a very good copy. Copies at LSU, Historic New Orleans Collection (504-523-4662). See Antiques Magazine, Nov. 1991 for Persac Article. Norman also published "Norman's New Orleans and Environs" with a map of the city, in 1845 (see our copy).
Coloney, Fairchild & Co.
Ribbon Map Of The Father Of …
1866
Separate Map
Authors Coloney, Fairchild & Co.
Full Title Coloney & Fairchild's Patent Ribbon Maps ... Ribbon Map Of The Father Of Waters. Geographical and Scenic Maps upon this plan of all the rivers, rail road routes, stage and coast lines in the country are in preparation.
List No 4995.000
Note This is the most ambitious Coloney & Fairchild strip or ribbon map: it shows the Mississippi River from its delta to its source at Lake Itaska, a distance of 2600 miles. It is backed on linen and rolls into paper covered spool with a hand crank. This is the revised edition, with much additional material added on river towns by William Bowen, President of the Pilot's Association of St. Louis (this information comes from the promotion for this map printed on the Ribbon Map of New York City). No record of the first issue found, although a copy exists at the Minnesota Historical Society. The river is colored blue against a black and white background. Distances from New Orleans are printed on the river at intervals to the source. Karrow's listing is for a variant: the map printed in five strips on one sheet and folded into the 1866 edition of Edward's Gazetteer of the Mississippi River. Scarce.
Coloney, Fairchild & Co.
Ribbon Map Of The Father Of …
1866
Separate Map
Authors Coloney, Fairchild & Co.
Full Title Coloney & Fairchild's Patent Ribbon Maps ... Ribbon Map Of The Father Of Waters. Geographical and Scenic Maps upon this plan of all the rivers, rail road routes, stage and coast lines in the country are in preparation.
List No 4995.001
Note This is the most ambitious Coloney & Fairchild strip or ribbon map: it shows the Mississippi River from its delta to its source at Lake Itaska, a distance of 2600 miles. It is backed on linen and rolls into paper covered spool with a hand crank. This is the revised edition, with much additional material added on river towns by William Bowen, President of the Pilot's Association of St. Louis (this information comes from the promotion for this map printed on the Ribbon Map of New York City). No record of the first issue found, although a copy exists at the Minnesota Historical Society. The river is colored blue against a black and white background. Distances from New Orleans are printed on the river at intervals to the source. Karrow's listing is for a variant: the map printed in five strips on one sheet and folded into the 1866 edition of Edward's Gazetteer of the Mississippi River. Scarce.
Jefferys, Thomas
Course Of The River Mississi …
1776
National Atlas
Authors Jefferys, Thomas
Full Title Course Of The River Mississipi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres, 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 that River made by the French. London Printed for Robt. Sayer ... 1 June 1775.
List No 0346.030
Note In outline color. Map becomes much less detailed as it moves away from the river showing mountains, rivers that feed into the Mississippi and a few Indian villages.
Ross, Lieut.
Course Of The River Mississi …
1775
World Atlas
Authors Ross, Lieut.
Full Title Course of the River Mississipi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres, taken on an expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the year 1765. By Lieut. (John) Ross of the 34th Regiment: Improved from the surveys of the river made by the French. London, printed for Robt. Sayer, no. 53 in Fleet Street, published as the Act directs, 1 June 1775.
List No 0411.044
Note Engraved, hand col. map, printed on 2 sheets. Shows forts, Native American villages, quarries, mines, boundaries, fertile land, cane fields, etc. Relief shown pictorially, soundings in Gulf of Mexico. Includes descriptive notes and note on "Depths of the Mississipi." David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 1 sheet. (W 92--W 89/N 38 11--N 29 15)
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery
Map of the Mississippi River …
1810
Exploration Book
Authors Pike, Zebulon Montgomery
Full Title Map of the Mississippi River from its Source to the Mouth of the Missouri: Laid down from the notes of Lieut. Z.M. Pike by Anthony Nau. Reduced and corrected by the Astronomical Observations of Mr. Thompson at its source, and of Captn. M. Lewis, where it receives the waters of the Missouri. By Nichs. King. Engraved by Francis Shallus, Philadelphia.
List No 0730.006
Note The Mississippi River with its tributaries, giving latitude and longitude markings along the way. Uncolored.
Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nico …
Title Page: Report intended …
1843
Exploration Book
Authors Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843
Full Title (Title Page to) Report Intended To Illustrate A Map Of The Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River, Made by I.N. Nicollet ... February 16, 1841. Washington: Blair and Rives, Printers. 1843. [Senate.] 26th Congress, 2d Session. [237].
List No 2488A
Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nico …
Hydrographical Basin of the …
1843
Exploration Book
Authors Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843
Full Title Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River From Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information by J.N. Nicollet ... assisted ... by Lieut. J.C. Fremont ... Reduced and compiled under the direction of Col. J.J. Abert in the Bureau of the Corps of Topl. Engrs. by Lieut. W.H. Emory ... 1843 ... W.J. Stone Sc.
List No 2488.001
Note First edition, first issue. A larger version of the accompanying map was issued in 1842 with scale of 1:600,000 - this version is unknown to us (and anyone else we have met)- Bray states that only 200 copies were printed, the House of Representatives issued this 1843 edition in 1845 with no changes, although Wagner Camp says the map was smaller and Bray states that it was a more faithful representation of the original 1842 map. See Donald Jackson, The Expeditions of John Charles Fremont, for a history of the Nicollet map and all the Fremont maps. Fremont worked extensively with Nicollet on this map and "this was the work which trained Fremont in cartography." (Jackson). This map was the earliest accurate map of the Northern Plains and the Upper Mississippi. G.K. Warren, in his Memoir, stated that this "map was one of the greatest contributions ever made to American geography." Nicollet died in 1843. His map was years ahead of its time, with its regional concept and sound basis in instrument readings and astronomically determined points. Goetzmann: "Had he lived one more decade, Nicollet would undoubtedly have become the official government cartographer of the whole trans-Mississippi West." Rebound in brown fabric covers with "Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi, I.N. Nicollet, 1843" in gold on the spine.
Raynolds,W.F., Maynadier, H. …
Covers: Map Of The Yellowsto …
1877
Pocket Map
Authors Raynolds,W.F., Maynadier, H.E., Gillespie,G.
Full Title (Covers to) Western Sheet. Map Of The Yellowstone And Missouri Rivers. From Capt. Raynolds exploration 1859-60, with additions by Major Gillespie. Published by authority of the Hon. the Secretary Of War...
List No 2756.001
Note Western sheet only of 2 sheet map titled "Map Of The Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers and Their Tributaries..." (see our #834). The date has been trimmed from the title in the lower left. An owner has backed the map with linen, folded it into dark reddish brown covers 15.5x10 of a commercial map publisher, J.L. Smith, and placed a hand written label "Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers" on the front cover. An asterisk in ms marks the location of the Republic Mine east of Yellowstone Park.
Raynolds,W.F., Maynadier, H. …
Map Of The Yellowstone And M …
1877
Pocket Map
Authors Raynolds,W.F., Maynadier, H.E., Gillespie,G.
Full Title Western Sheet. Map Of The Yellowstone And Missouri Rivers. From Capt. Raynolds exploration 1859-60, with additions by Major Gillespie. Published by authority of the Hon. the Secretary Of War...
List No 2756.002
Note Western sheet only of 2 sheet map titled "Map Of The Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers and Their Tributaries..." (see our #834). The date has been trimmed from the title in the lower left. An owner has backed the map with linen, folded it into dark reddish brown covers 15.5x10 of a commercial map publisher, J.L. Smith, and placed a hand written label "Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers" on the front cover. An asterisk in ms marks the location of the Republic Mine east of Yellowstone Park.
Lloyd, J.T.
Map of the Lower Mississippi …
1863
Separate Map
Authors Lloyd, J.T.
Full Title Lloyd's Map of the Lower Mississippi River From St. Louis To The Gulf Of Mexico. Compiled From Government Surveys In The Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C. Revised and corrected to the present time by Captains Bart and William Bowen ... Price, in sheets, Colored, 50 Cents per copy. Pocket Edition, $1.00. Mounted Edition on Rollers and Varnished, $1.00 ... J.T. Lloyd, Publisher. 164 Broadway, New York 1863. Entered ... 1862, by J.T. Lloyd ... New York. (on verso) Lloyd's New Map of the United States, The Canadas And New Brunswick ... 1864 ... Entered ... 1863, by J.T Lloyd ... New York. (untitled inset map of Southern Florida).
List No 4472.001
Note The second edition, Wall map, 5 sections on one sheet, form with Lloyd's New Map of the United States The Canadas and New Brunswick...1864 on the verso. Mapline 28 gives an excellent history of this map and the Bowens' role in making it. It was probably the most detailed map of the Mississippi in the 1860's. Full color. Includes text and explanations.
Lloyd, J.T.
New Map of the United States …
1864
Separate Map
Authors Lloyd, J.T.
Full Title Lloyd's New Map of the United States, The Canadas And New Brunswick ... 1864 ... Entered ... 1863, by J.T Lloyd ... New York. (untitled inset map of Southern Florida). (on verso) Lloyd's Map of the Lower Mississippi River From St. Louis To The Gulf Of Mexico. Compiled From Government Surveys In The Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C. Revised and corrected to the present time by Captains Bart and William Bowen ... Price, in sheets, Colored, 50 Cents per copy. Pocket Edition, $1.00. Mounted Edition on Rollers and Varnished, $1.00 ... J.T. Lloyd, Publisher. 164 Broadway, New York 1863. Entered ... 1862, by J.T. Lloyd ... New York.
List No 4472.002
Note The second edition, Wall map, 5 sections on one sheet, form with Lloyd's New Map of the United States The Canadas and New Brunswick...1864 on the verso. Mapline 28 gives an excellent history of this map and the Bowens' role in making it. It was probably the most detailed map of the Mississippi in the 1860's. Full color. Includes text and explanations.
Collot, George Henri Victor, …
Map of the Course of The Mis …
1796
National Atlas
Authors Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title Map of the Course of The Mississippi from the Missouri and the Country of The Illinois to the mouth of this River. PL. 23.
List No 4664.015
Note A general map of the river from St. Louis to the mouth. Uncolored.
Collot, George Henri Victor, …
Plan of Cape Girardo.
1796
National Atlas
Authors Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title Plan of Cape Girardo. Grave par Tardieu l'aine. PL. 26.
List No 4664.016
Note Plan of an early Missouri town on the Mississippi. Uncolored with scale in Fathoms.
Collot, George Henri Victor, …
Plan of St. Lewis With the P …
1796
National Atlas
Authors Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title Plan of St. Lewis With the Project of an intrenched Camp French. Grave par Tardieu l'aine. PL. 27.
List No 4664.017
Note One of the earliest maps of St. Louis, before the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Uncolored with scale in Fathoms. Map is numbered and lettered but has no accompanying key.
Collot, George Henri Victor, …
Map of the Country Of The Il …
1796
National Atlas
Authors Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title Map of the Country Of The Illinois. PL. 28.
List No 4664.018
Note A superbly detailed map of the Mississippi River from the junction with the Illinois to the junction with the Kaskaskias River, especially good in the area around St. Louis. Uncolored.
Collot, George Henri Victor, …
Plan of the Fort of New Madr …
1796
National Atlas
Authors Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title Plan of the Fort of New Madrid or Anse A La Graisse. Grave par Tardieu l'aine. PL. 30.
List No 4664.020
Note Very early map of New Madrid seven years after the town's founding. It shows the erosion of the fort caused by the Mississippi. Illustrated in Reps "The Making of Urban America," fig. 284. Uncolored with scale in fathoms.
Collot, George Henri Victor, …
Plan Of Fort Des Ecores at M …
1796
National Atlas
Authors Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title Plan Of Fort Des Ecores at Margot. PL. 31.
List No 4664.021
Note One of the earliest, if not the first, map of the area that became Memphis, Tennessee. From the atlas to Collot's "Journey in North America." Uncolored with scale in fathoms.
Collot, George Henri Victor, …
Plan Of Nogales.
1796
National Atlas
Authors Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title Plan Of Nogales. Grave par Tardieu l'aine. PL. 32.
List No 4664.022
Note The earliest map of the area of Vicksburg listed in Phillips. With a key decoding the letters on the map. Uncolored with scale in fathoms.
Collot, George Henri Victor, …
Town and Fort of Natchez.
1796
National Atlas
Authors Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title Town and Fort of Natchez. Grave par Tardieu l'aine. PL. 34.
List No 4664.024
Note Probably the earliest map of Natchez, and the only one listed by Phillips. Uncolored with the scale in fathoms.
Collot, George Henri Victor, …
Plan Of Fort Baton Rouge.
1796
National Atlas
Authors Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title Plan Of Fort Baton Rouge. Grave par Tardieu l'aine. PL. 35.
List No 4664.025
Note The only early map of Baton Rouge listed in Phillips. Uncolored with scale in fathoms. Points labeled with numbers and a key are included.
Collot, George Henri Victor, …
Sketch of new Orleans taken …
1796
National Atlas
Authors Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title Sketch of new Orleans taken from fort St. Charles. Sketch of Plaquemine Fort. Grave par Tardieu l'aine. PL. 36.
List No 4664.026
Note Uncolored with no scale markers. The specific forts are noted.
Bowen, Bart, Bowen, William, …
Lloyd's map of the Lower Mis …
1862
Separate Map
Authors Bowen, Bart, Bowen, William, Lloyd, J. T.
Full Title Lloyd's map of the Lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico. Compiled from government surveys in the Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C. Revised and corrected to the present time by Captains Bart and William Bowen, pilots of twenty years' experience on that River. Exhibiting the sugar and cotton plantations, cities, towns, landings, sand bars, islands, bluffs, bayous, cut-offs, the steamboat channel, mileage, fortifications, railroads. &c. along the River. J.T. Lloyd, Publisher. 164 Broadway, New York 1862. Entered ... 1862, by J.T. Lloyd ... New York.
List No 4842.000
Note The first edition, with a slight change in title from the second edition, but no change in the map. Here, issued as a separate on heavy paper, colored. "Warranted correct, or the money refunded. Price, in sheets, colored, one dollar per copy. Pocket edition, with linen backs $2.00. Mounted on rollers and varnished, $2.50. Pocket sheet edition sent by mail on receipt of price. Mounted edition sent by express."
U.S. War Department, Topogra …
Map of the United States.
1850
Separate Map
Authors U.S. War Department, Topographical Engineers
Full Title Map Of The United States And Their Territories Between The Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean And Of Part of Mexico. Compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topogl. Engs. under a Resolution of the U.S. Senate. From the best authorities which could be obtained. 1850. Engraved by Sherman and Smith, New-York.
List No 5142.000
Note This was the best general map of the American West published by the Topographical Engineers until the Emory and Warren maps of 1857. Wheat calls it "beautiful... a synthesis of the many and varied cartographic activities of the U.S. Army carried on in the West since the onset of the Mexican War, with numerous individual maps subjected to correction and enhanced by new data." A large and imposing production, the map shows the new political divisions of California, Utah and New Mexico and is engraved in the best style by the well known Sherman and Smith firm of New York. Map is without color.
Vorzet, Ed.Dumas, Le Comte d …
Planche XX. Cours du Mississ …
1875
Military Atlas
Authors Vorzet, Ed.Dumas, Le Comte de Paris
Full Title Planche XX. Cours du Mississippi de Vicksburg a Baton-Rouge. Dessine par Ed. Dumas Vorzet. Michel Levy, freres. Editeurs. Imp. Becquet, Paris. Grave par L. Wuhrer, R. Gay-Lussac 52.
List No 6323.022
Note Relief shown in hachures.
Vorzet, Ed.Dumas, Le Comte d …
Planche XXX. Cours Inferieur …
1875
Military Atlas
Authors Vorzet, Ed.Dumas, Le Comte de Paris
Full Title Planche XXX. Cours Inferieur du Mississippi. Dessine par Ed. Dumas Vorzet. Michel Levy, freres. Editeurs. Imp. Becquet, Paris. Grave par L. Wuhrer, R. Gay-Lussac 52.
List No 6323.032
Note Relief shown in hachures.
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