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Print, Map of Louisiana (Mississippi)
This is a Print. It was created by Johann Baptista Homann. It is dated after 1718 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is etching and engraving, hand-colored, on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Milton I. D. Einstein and Mrs. Alma Stix Einstein.
It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.
Its dimensions are
50 x 59.2 cm (19 11/16 x 23 5/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in plate, at upper right in escutcheon: Amplissimae Regionis/ MISSISSIPPI/ Seu/ PROVINCIAE LUDOVICIANAE/ a R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francise Miss. / IN AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALI / Anno 1687 detectae. / nunc Gallorum Coloniis et Actionum Ne- /gotiis toto Oebe celeberrimae, / Nova Tabula / editu / a IO. BAPT HOMANNO S.C.M. Geographo / Norimbergae.
Cite this object as
Print, Map of Louisiana (Mississippi); Johann Baptista Homann (1664 – 1724); Germany; etching and engraving, hand-colored, on white laid paper; 50 x 59.2 cm (19 11/16 x 23 5/16 in.) ; Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-198