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Title: Amplissima regionis Mississipi seu Provinciæ Ludovicianae â R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss. in America septentrionali anno 1687 detectæ, nunc Gallorum coloniss et actioneum negotiis toto orbe celeberrimæ. Nova tabula edito â Io. Bapt. Homanno S.C.M. Geographo Norimbergæ Author: Homann, Johannes Baptista Place: Nuremberg Publisher: Date: [1720-1763] Description: Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 48.8x58.3 cm. (19"x22¾"), plus margins. Homann's important and widely disseminated map of the southeast of North America, derived largely from the De l'Isle map of 1718. The two cartouches show Native Americans, the missionary Hennepin, various animals including beavers, a buffalo, Niagara Falls, etc. Routes of various explorers are shown including the circuitous meanderings of Hernando de Soto. Cummings 170; Wheat, Transmississippi West 144. Lot Amendments Condition: Moderate foxing most evident in the uncolord ocean portions, the margins and the verso, else very good. Item number: 183866