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Continuous Map of the Mississippi River from 1866
Posted on 6/16/14 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 6/16/14 at 4:19 pm
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Below is the Louisiana portion of the map.
Oh and inb4 TL:DR
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This 11-foot-long “ribbon map” of the Mississippi River, printed in 1866, was sold to people traveling on steamships along the “Father of Waters.”
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The map records state lines, settlements and cities, major tributaries and falls, and military forts. In the southern reaches, the cartographer notes names of individual plantation owners
Below is the Louisiana portion of the map.
Oh and inb4 TL:DR
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Posted on 6/16/14 at 4:20 pm to TypoKnig
Posted on 6/16/14 at 4:22 pm to TypoKnig
That's pretty cool.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 4:22 pm to TypoKnig
Pretty damn cool
Posted on 6/16/14 at 4:23 pm to gjackx
Didn't know Vidalia was around in 1866...
Posted on 6/16/14 at 4:26 pm to TypoKnig
That's cool as shite! I found a big arse map book thing of the MS river at my office that's old as shite. It's about 150 pages of map of the river from beginning to end. It shows hazards, ports, shallows, etc.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 4:29 pm to lrabor3
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Didn't know Vidalia was around in 1866...
Posted on 6/16/14 at 4:55 pm to TypoKnig
I love maps, especially old ones.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 4:57 pm to TypoKnig
That's cool.
I have something similar on my wall.
I have something similar on my wall.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 5:03 pm to TypoKnig
I have an ancestor's land listed on that map by St James Pt.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 5:39 pm to whit
whit, I collect these type of maps. Are you or your company interested in parting with said map book?
Posted on 6/16/14 at 5:57 pm to whit
cool cool. can you take a pic of the cover?
Posted on 6/16/14 at 6:16 pm to TypoKnig
Up voted. Nice thread.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 6:18 pm to Jones
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This post was edited on 1/20/21 at 9:27 pm
Posted on 6/16/14 at 6:44 pm to TypoKnig
I've heard of Ft. Adams, but not Ft. Williams. Is anything left of Ft. Williams?
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