Lovisiana by de Rivier Missisippi.

Law, John, 1671-1729

1720

map

Mississippi River

1720-1729

Map of the river system from the Dutch edition of John Law’s own description of Louisiana’s great prospects, the Mississippi Bubble. The map covers and area from the Mississippi River's mouth, north to Canada. It was immensely important in creating awareness of the faraway region, a remote wilderness.

Map from John Law's "Het groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in dem Jaare 1720", a collection of various pieces on the South Sea Bubble in prose and verse, with a number of caricatures, brought together under a general titlepage.

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