Three 18th-/19th-Century Hand-Colored Engraved Maps of the Mississippi River and Gulf Coast including "Les Costes Aux Environs De La Riviere De Misisipi [sic] Decouvertes par Mr. De la Salle en 1683... (The Coasts Surroundings the Mississippi River Discovered by Mr. De la Salle in 1683)", by Nicolas de Fer (French, 1646-1720), geographer to Louis XIV and Philip V, published Paris, 1705; "A New Map of the River Mississippi from the Sea to Bayagoulas", published in the London Magazine, 1778; and a "Map of Louisiana...", by T. S. Hardee, prepared for Joseph Jones, MD, published New Orleans, 1879. All unframed. sheet size, respectively 11" x 15-1/2", 8-1/4" x 10-1/4" and 15-1/2" x 17-1/4" Provenance: The Hardee/Jones map was purchased at J. Raymond Samuel (Gallery), New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1983; all three are from the private collection of Hugo Wedemeyer, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Three 18th-/19th-Century Hand-Colored Engraved Maps of the Mississippi River and Gulf Coast including "Les Costes Aux Environs De La Riviere De Misisipi [sic] Decouvertes par Mr. De la Salle en 1683... (The Coasts Surroundings the Mississippi River Discovered by Mr. De la Salle in 1683)", by Nicolas de Fer (French, 1646-1720), geographer to Louis XIV and Philip V, published Paris, 1705; "A New Map of the River Mississippi from the Sea to Bayagoulas", published in the London Magazine, 1778; and a "Map of Louisiana...", by T. S. Hardee, prepared for Joseph Jones, MD, published New Orleans, 1879. All unframed. sheet size, respectively 11" x 15-1/2", 8-1/4" x 10-1/4" and 15-1/2" x 17-1/4" Provenance: The Hardee/Jones map was purchased at J. Raymond Samuel (Gallery), New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1983; all three are from the private collection of Hugo Wedemeyer, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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