L'ISLE, G. de. - Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles…

Scarce state not listed by Tooley with the imprint : "Chez l’Auteur sur le Quai de l’Horloge a la Cour.r de Diamãs. Avec Privilege du Roy po.r 20 ans, 1703". By 1707 De L'Isle had moved to the "Quai de l'Horloge à la Couronne de Diamans".

It was the first printed map to portray accurately the course and mouth of the Mississippi River. Showing the explorations of Iberville and his men on the Gulf Coast and the lower reaches of the Mississippi and Red rivers, and the Indian villages in East Texas where the Spanish constructed their missions and presidios.
Guillaume de l'Isle's (1675-1726) well deserved reputation as one of the foremost geographers of the 18th century meant that his maps were influential for many years after his death. De l'Isle eradicated as much as possible imaginary geography in his maps.
It was the first printed map to portray accurately the course and mouth of the Mississippi River. Showing the explorations of Iberville and his men on the Gulf Coast and the lower reaches of the Mississippi and Red rivers, and the Indian villages in East Texas where the Spanish constructed their missions and presidios.

Guillaume de l'Isle's (1675-1726) well deserved reputation as one of the foremost geographers of the 18th century meant that his maps were influential for many years after his death. De l'Isle eradicated as much as possible imaginary geography in his maps.