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Early map with Indian Lands and Explorer routes

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:13 pm
by D J Thornton
I happened to find this map framed in abt 2x4 size at a Tuesday Morning store a few years ago. I found the digital version here, before 1726. It also shows De Soro route

Creator: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Title: Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi / dressée sur un grand nombre de memoires entr'autres sur ceux de Mr. le Maire, par Guillme. de L'Isle de l'Academie Rle. des Sciences
Date: 1730

http://hmap.libs.uga.edu/hmap/view?docI ... nd=default

Enlargement
http://dlgcsm.galib.uga.edu/StyleServer ... 1730d4.sid

The Hargrett Library rare manuscript collection University of Georgia has many maps for helping research
http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/index.shtml