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LOT 149

Lot 149

Guillaume de Lisle (1675-1726)

Guillaume de Lisle (1675-1726)
Lot 149 Details
Guillaume de Lisle (1675-1726), French

CARTE DE LA LOUISIANE ET DU COURSE DU MISSISSIPI. DRESSEE SUR UN GRAND NOMBRE DE MEMOIRES ENTR’AUTRES SUR CEUX DE MR. LE MAIRE

Engraved atlas map in outline colour. Covens et Mortier, Amsterdam, 1743, publishers.
17.7" x 23.6" — 45 x 60 cm.

Estimate $400-$600

Realised: $168
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Literature:

Tooley, Mapping of America, p.22, no.45 (1730 edition); Lemmon, A.E., Charting Louisiana, p.58 (1718 ed.)

Note:

Shows Indian villages, “nations derangees, nations detruites”, the routes of de Soto, Moscoso, Cavelier, Tonty and Denis, etc. Relief shown pictorially. Inset map: Carte particuliere des embouchures de La Riviere S.Louis et de la Mobile.

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