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Map A sketch of the River Mississippi and upper branches of some rivers emptying into the Atlantic

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Title

  • A sketch of the River Mississippi and upper branches of some rivers emptying into the Atlantic

Created / Published

  • [Mississippi?] : [producer not identified], [between 1790 and 1810?]

Headings

  • -  Mississippi River--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Mississippi River

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Shows outlets from the Ohio, Mobile and Savannah Rivers.
  • -  Pen-and-ink, watercolor and pencil. Faded annotations made on verso. Mounted on brown border.
  • -  "There are about 54,400,000 acres or 8500 square miles in the state of Georgia that never were inhabited by White People."
  • -  vcFY24

Medium

  • 1 manuscript map : color ; 38 x 23 cm, in envelope 42 x 27 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4042.M5 1790 .S5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024597716

Online Format

  • image

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A sketch of the River Mississippi and upper branches of some rivers emptying into the Atlantic. [Mississippi?: producer not identified, between 1790 and 1810?, 1790] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024597716/.

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(1790) A sketch of the River Mississippi and upper branches of some rivers emptying into the Atlantic. [Mississippi?: producer not identified, between 1790 and 1810?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024597716/.

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A sketch of the River Mississippi and upper branches of some rivers emptying into the Atlantic. [Mississippi?: producer not identified, between 1790 and 1810?, 1790] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024597716/>.