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Course of the river Mississippi, 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.

Ross, Lieut.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, 1772.

NOTES
Scale ca. 1:890,000.

Hand colored.

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.

Prime meridian: New Orleans and Ferro.

Shows historic points of interest.

Includes descriptive notes and "Depths of the Mississippi."

Reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 780

SUBJECTS
Mississippi River--Maps--Early works to 1800.
United States--Mississippi River.

RELATED NAMES
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
Library of Congress. American maps ; v. 5, no. 30.
Library of Congress. American maps ; v. 2, no. 30.

MEDIUM
col. map 113 x 35 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G4042.M5 1765 .R6 Vault Oversize : Am. 5-30

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

DIGITAL ID
(Copy 1) g4042m ar078000 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4042m.ar078000

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier. Selections from the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division)

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