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The Mississippi

A color reproduction of a hand drawn map of the Mississippi River. Created by Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin, ca. 1682, it is one of the earliest—if not the first—French map ever created of the Mississippi.

The Mississippi

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division

The Mississippi. Franquelin, Jean Baptiste Louis (mapmaker)

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Date 1682
Copyright Public Domain
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