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Hand-colored eighteenth-century map of the Mississippi River region and Gulf of Mexico, with a decorative title cartouche in the upper left corner.

Map of Louisiana (Mississippi) by Johann Baptista Homann

A hand-colored engraved map of the Mississippi River basin and Gulf Coast, with green, pink, and yellow regions and a decorative cartouche at upper left showing figures and a waterfall. Lettering in French labels the Golfe du Mexique, Louisiane, and the Great Lakes, with a compass rose and decorative ornament at lower right.

Artist
Johann Baptista Homann
Date
after 1718
Medium
Etching and engraving, hand-colored, on white laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
1280 × 1068 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (undated).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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