Guillaume de L'Isle (1675–1720)

" Martin. Title cartouche by "C. Simonneau (1) " the route of de Soto (1) "nations derangees (1) Abyssinia (1) Africa (1) Africa (North)-Historical geography-Maps-Early works to 1800 (1) America Meridionale (1) Cavelier (1) Egitto (1) Engraved map in outline color. Shows Indian villages (2) etc. Relief shown pictorially. Covers area from Lake Champlain to New Mexico and south to Florida and Texas. Inset map: Carte particuliere des embouchures de la Rivie. S. Louis et de la Mobile (1) etc. Relief shown pictorially. Covers area from the Great Lakes to Colombia and from the Gulf of California to Trinidad. "It was the first printed map to portray accurately the course and mouth of the Mississippi River (1) fecit." Imprint of L. Renard Libraire has been erased from engraving plate. (1) Homann (1) i.e. (1) Impero romano (2) L'lsle (1) Mappa (4) Mississippi Delta area and Mobile Bay. Kohl states this is the mother and main source of all later maps of the Mississippi. (1) Moscoso (1) nations detruites (1) North Africa-Historical geography-Maps-Early works to 1800 (1) Nubia (1) OV (4) Perù (1) Tonty and Denis (1)