Carte des Lacs du Canada [Map of the Canadian Lakes]
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyAs the offical cartographer of the French government, Jacques Bellin (1703-1772) made hundreds of maps, including dozens for Antoine François Prévost (1697-1763). Prevost's Histoire Générale des Voyag…
Facsimile of the autograph map of the Mississippi or Conception River.
Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyMarquette drew this map when he returned from his 1673 journey with Joliet. It is the first European map of the Mississippi Valley. His information quickly began to appear on subsequent European maps…
Carte de la découverte faite l'an 1673 dans l'Amérique septentrionale [Map of the discovery made in 1673 in North America]
Thévenot, Melchisédec, 1620-1692View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyWhen Marquette's report on his 1673 Mississippi River voyage appeared in print for the first time in 1681, it was accompanied by this map. Their publisher, Melchisédec Thevenot, had traveled widely hi…
Carte de la Nouvelle France, augmentée depuis la dernière, ... par le Sr. de Champlain Capitaine pour le Roy ... [Map of New France, expanded since th…
Champlain, Samuel de, ca 1567-1635View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyNear the end of his life Champlain wrote a long account of his three decades of travels in North America. Accompanying his text was the large folding map that can be seen here (reproduced from a 19th-…