Lot 1338
[MISISSIPPI BUBBLE , Dutch Broadside, MISSISSIPPI OF'T WYD-BFFAAMDE GOUD-LAND DOOR DE INBEELDING DER WIND-NEGOTIE. Copy in the hand has holograph "First engraved view to name the Mississippi River, 'Mefchasipi Riv.' (see name in mid-river). 1720 Description of Miss. Land speculation bubble." "Sacastic Poem. The item is decribed in detail by Gerold Patout in the Historic New orleans Collection Quartly volumne XVIII, Number 3, Summer 2000. First mention of the MIssissippi River (Messi-sipi) derived from two Algonquian terms, messi [big and sipi [river , note: tear expertly repaired.
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