Collection Items
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MapFranquelin's map of Louisiana.
Carte de la Louisiane ou des voyages du Sr. De La Salle "Reduced facsimile of MS. copy (made in Paris for Francis Parkman), now in the Library of Harvard University. The original, formerly in the Archives de la Marine, Paris, has been lost." From the Jesuit Relations, vol. 63, frontispiece. Facsimile. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1684] Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Franquelin, Jean Baptiste Louis
- Date: 1896-01-01
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MapMap of the country about the Mississippi. Not drawn to scale. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen and ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows area from Lake Erie to the mouth of the Ohio River. Also mounted on sheet, in same handwriting as map, 2 sheets, one of questions, one of information relating to the map. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 775 Available also through the Library of...
- Contributor: Chegeree
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapHudson's Bay's country
Copy of a map, presented to the Congress Also covers northern United States. Relief shown pictorially. Copy of a manuscript map from the Archives of the Hudson's Bay Company. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault- Contributor: Kohl, J. G. (Johann Georg) - Pond, Peter
- Date: 1850-01-01
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MapThe Mississippi 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...
- Contributor: Joliet, Louis - Kohl, J. G. (Johann Georg) - Franquelin, Jean Baptiste Louis
- Date: 1850-01-01
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Map[Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to Mandan villages of North Dakota : used by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their 1804 expedition up Missouri River]. Date from accompanying text. Relief shown by symbols for "Black Mountains" or Black Hills. Some place names in both English and French. Based on surveys up to the Mandan-Hidatsa villages by James Mackay and John Evans. Longitudinal errors, at least in part, account for map not being drawn to scale. Prime meridian: Paris [?]. Pen-and-ink. Some pen-and-ink annotations made after 1798. Map backed with...
- Contributor: Mackay, James - Finiels, Nicolas De - Clark, William - Evans, John - Lewis, Meriwether - Harrison, William Henry
- Date: 1798-01-01
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MapA chart shewing part of the coast of N.W. America : with the tracks of His Majesty's sloop Discovery and armed tender Chatham Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. In upper right corner: 5. Insets: Entrance of Columbia River -- Gray's Harbour -- Port Discovery. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Robinson, G. G. (George G.) - Warner, John - Vancouver, George - Baker, Joseph - Edwards, James
- Date: 1798-01-01