COLLECTION NAME:
Louisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase
Record
APA Citation Style:
Kohl, J. G., Franquelin, J. B. L. & Joliet, L. (1850) The Mississippi. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov…
MLA Citation Style:
Kohl, J. G, Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin, and Louis Joliet. The Mississippi. [1850] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2002626428/>.
Chicago Citation Style:
Kohl, J. G, Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin, and Louis Joliet. The Mississippi. [1850] Map. https://www.loc.gov…
Contributors:
Kohl, J. G. (Johann Georg), 1808-1878.
Created Published:
[ca. 1850]
Original Format:
map
Subjects:
mississippi river region
Online Format:
image
Title:
The Mississippi
Description:
Relief shown pictorially. Shows trees, animals, and names of the Indian nations. Pen-and-ink and watercolor mounted on cloth. Manuscript copy of manuscript original. "This is the copy of a sketch of the Mississippi River and country, contained in a manuscript map ... has the following title Carte génerale de la France septentrionale, contenant dans la dʹecouverte du pays des Ilinois ... made by the Sieur Jolliet ... our present map ... is one of the first French maps of the Mississippi River ever made, if not the very first one itself." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes a discussion of the origin, significance, and contents of the map. In upper left corner: 229.
Attribution:
Provided by the Library of Congress
Link To Source
The Mississippi
