Description: This detail is from the 1719 map by John Senex "A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] : this map of the Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] is most humbly inscribed to William Law of Lanreston, esq. / by Iohn Senex." Senex took quite freely from Guillaume de L'Isle's 1718 map of North America, including the landing place and route of Fernando de Soto, the Bay of the Holy Ghost (Tampa Bay), which is shown as extending across the Florida Peninsula to the Atlantic, and the location of the Carlos Maneaters at the southern tip of the peninsula.
Place Names: 1740-1759, Florida, Saint Augustine, Pensacola, Cape Canaveral
ISO Topic Categories: inlandWaters, oceans, society
Keywords: Detail - A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi, physical, political, historical, physical features, major political subdivisions, inlandWaters, oceans, society, Unknown,1719
Source: John Senex, A new general atlas, containing a geographical and historical account of all the empires, kingdoms, and other dominions of the world (London, : Daniel Browne , 1721)
Map Credit: Courtesy of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress |
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