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Course of the river Mississipi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres : taken on an expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the year 1765

Title
Course of the river Mississipi, 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.
Author
Ross, Lieut.
Publication
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street ..., 1 June 1775.

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CartographicUse in library Map Div. 01-11534Schwarzman Building M2 - Map Division Desk Room 117
CartographicUse in library Map Div. 03-3486Schwarzman Building M2 - Map Division Desk Room 117
CartographicOversize Map Div. 96-7675Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.
  • Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
  • John H. Levine Bequest.
Description
1 map : hand col.; 113 x 35 cm.
Series Statement
[Heading West ; 145]
Subjects
Genre/Form
Early maps.
Note
  • 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 Mississipi."
  • From Thomas Jeffery's The American atlas. 1775.
Call Number
Map Div. 01-11534
LCCN
74693012
OCLC
5402164
Author
Ross, Lieut.
Title
Course of the river Mississipi, 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.
Imprint
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street ..., 1 June 1775.
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:890,000] (W 92⁰00ʹ--W 88⁰50ʹ/N 38⁰12ʹ--N 29⁰10ʹ).
Series
[Heading West ; 145]
Local Note
NYPL copy in Map Div. 01-11534 from Heading West exhibition.
NYPL copy in Map Div. 96-7675: John H. Levine Bequest. This copy has no. handwritten in ink in upper corner on verso: 27. No. printed on label pasted in lower corner on verso: 92.
Place of Publication
England London.
Added Author
John H. Levine Bequest.
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771. American atlas.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 01-11534 [Filed with Mississippi River, 1765]
Map Div. 03-3486 [Filed with Mississippi River, 1765]
Map Div. 96-7675 [Oversize - Filed with Levine Oversize]
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