Collection search - Amplissima regionis Mississipi seu provinciæ Ludovicianæ â R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss. in America septentrionali anno 1687 detectæ, nunc Gallorum coloniis et actionum negotiis toto orbe celeberrimæ, Nova tabula [cartographic material] / edita à Io. Bapt. Homanno, S.C.M. geographo.

Copperplate engraving.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes an uncolored title cartouche, which shows Father Louis Hennepin with allegorical figures related to the exploration of the New World and below them a famous view of Niagara Falls. Also includes an uncolored vignette, of buffalo flanked by Indians.
Homann dedicated this map to the French priest Louis Hennepin, who explored the Great Lakes regions and claimed to have reached the mouth of the Mississippi River. The dedication is actually a reinforcement of French proprietorship of the Louisiana region. Hennepin also claimed to have made the first drawing of Niagara Falls, an accomplishment recognized on the map by the inclusion of a much-copied view of the falls pictured below the title cartouche featuring Hennepin.

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, Entry 102., Phillips, Entry 622, vol.1, no 139.

Text in Latin and French.

Scale [ca. 1: 6 500 000]

Includes 2 bar scales: Milliaria Germanica 15 in uno gradu -- Lieues francais.

The microfiche version is NMC 191039

For other copies see H2/900/[1720] (NMC 24544) ; A/900/[1720] (NMC 24545) ; G/1015/.H5/1745 fol. vault (vol. 1. sheet [22]) (AMICUS 2630661) ; G4042 M5 S4 1719 xxfol. no. 4 (AMICUS No. 13179403)