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IN ARCHIVAL FRAMING
BY ARADER GALLERIES
 ROSS.
LT. 34TH REGT. COURSE OF THE RIVER MISSISSIPI, FROM THE
BALISE TO FORT CHARTRES;... taken on an expedition to the
Illinois in the latter end of the year 1765. By Lieut. Ross of
the 34th Regiment: improved from the surveys of that river made
by the French. ROBT. SAYER & BENNETT. LONDON . 1775, JUNE
1. PART COLOR. COPPER ENGRAVING. The famous Ross map of the
river, the first map to result from the English occupation of
the Illinois country following the Treaty of Paris (1765). The
first official survey of the lower Mississippi. It extends north
to just below St. Louis in what is now Missouri. The first issue
appeared in 1772; this 1775 issue has many changes in the area
around New Orleans including the addition of forts St. Leon and
St. Mary. Shows Baton Rouge and Lake Pontchartrain. Op cit.
Ross, whose first name is unrecorded, was a lieutenant and
military surveyor with the 34th Regiment. Beautiful clean copy
with original outline color. On two sheets joined together.
Henry Stevens and Roland Tree's "Comparative cartography"
#31(b). Also Sellers and Van Ee 781 and Sellers & Tree 3116
Archivally framed under plexiglas in black and gilt frame stock.
From Arader Galleries, New York. 44"H. x 13.5"W. FINE.
$10,000.00. I.D.#28645.
(Have many more
photos if needed)
**New Addition**
July 2008
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MASSIVE 32 INCH LIGHTED
LIBRARY GLOBE ON "EISENHOWER" STAND
Wall Maps - Pre 1900 -
Excluding Sea Charts
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Tellurians and
Planetaria
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