Map or Atlas
Le Cours de Missisipi, ou de St. Louis: Fameuse Riviere de L'Amerique Septentrionale aux Environs de Laquelle se Trouve le Païs Appelle Louisiane
| This map shows the Mississippi River, with latitude and longitude coordinates, ad covers east to Lake Ontario and south to Illinois. The inset map (the top half) depicts the south-eastern states, with a focus on the end point of the Mississippi emptying into the Golf of Mexico. Scattered throughout are images of animals, Indigenous villages and Native Americans hunting, participating in rituals, canoeing, and building homes. A decorative border separates the two maps complete with more images of Indigenous Americans and various animals such as a reindeer and a dog. Nicolas de Fer's ornate style of cartography comes through particularly well in the cartouche, which is elaborately engraved with images of monks and priests preaching to and baptizing Indigenous Americans, Indigenous Americans hunting, and an Indigenous American holding a scalp. |
| Image ID: | 123264 |
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| Creation Date: | 1718 |
| Creator Name: | Fer, Nicolas de |
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| Collection Name: | Map Collection |
| Genre: | Map or Atlas |
| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | D GX81 1718 F2 |
| Original Dimensions: | 52 x 63 cm., on sheet 52 x 70 cm |
| This cartouche is very similar to one of Guillaume de L'Isle's maps, particularly the Indigenous American holding a scalp, and the images of a priest and monk baptizing and preaching to Indigenous Americans. See also Image ID: 123212. This map is also a smaller portion of a larger map, call number D GX81 1718 F |
| Animals |
| Bulls |
| Deer |
| Dogs |
| Engraving |
| Cities and towns |
| Indigenous peoples, Great Plains |
| Men |
| Baptism |
| Clergy |
| Missionaries |
| Lakes |
| Michigan, Lake |
| Mississippi River |
| Superior, Lake |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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