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Title
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Carte de la decouverte faite l'an 1673 dans l'Amerique Septentrionale
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translation of
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Map of the discovery made in 1673 in North America
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Date
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1681
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Bibliographic Citation
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Marquette, Jacques. 1681. Carte de la decouverte faite l'an 1673 dans l'Amerique Septentrionale. Map. Library of Congress. https://lccn.loc.gov/2006629776, accessed August 29, 2024.
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annotates
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• Depicts Mississippi River from its mouth to Lake Michigan.
• Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary, created this map of the Mississippi River based on his explorations in 1673.
• Because of his missionary work, Marquette recorded the approximate locations of Indigenous towns he encountered.