Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi: Covens & Mortier c. 1730

Title: Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi Author: Cornelis Mortier & Johannes Covens Date: c. 1730 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Plus – light age toning and foxing, light wear along issued center fold, original outline color Inches: 24 ¾ x 18 ½ [Image] Centimeters: 87 x 46.99 [Image] Product ID: 316057 C. 1730 map published by Covens & Mortier modeled on Guillaume De L’Isle’s foundational 1718 map of Louisiana. The map extends from eastern New Mexico in the west to New York and Montreal in the east, and shows the Gulf Coast stretching from the entrance to the Rio Grande to the west coast of Florida. An inset map in the lower right corner bearing the title Carte Particuliere des Embouchures de la Rivie. S. Louis et de la Mobile [“Special Map of the Mouths of the St. Louis and Mobile Rivers”] shows the coastline spanning from the mouth of the Mississippi to Pensacola, Florida. The map indicates the locations of major settle