Lot 128
General Georges Henri Victor Collot, "Map of the Course of the Mississipi from the Missouri and the Country of the Illinois to the Mouth of this River", 1826, Paris, copper-plate engraved map, Plate 25 from Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale..., 34 5/8 in. x 9 1/4 in., framed Note: General Victor Collot, who had long served in a military capacity for France, was commissioned in 1796 to explore the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and to make detailed observations on geographic, economic and agricultural aspects of the Mississippi basin. The underlying mission more likely was to obtain an assessment of Spain's military strength along the river, with the ultimate plan of returning the region to French control. Collot was arrested on espionage charges by Spanish Governor Carondelet in New Orleans and deported. Collot's observations and detailed maps were compiled into a book and atlas which were printed in French and English in 1804/05, but not distributed until 1826 due to his death.At the time of distribution, all but 400 copies were intentionally destroyed. The full atlas is exceedingly rare and few records of this individual map are found in AMPR in the last 30 years.
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