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Peter Maverick: A Map of the Ohio River and part of the Mississippi, Containing the route from Pittsburg to S. Louis, and the Mines
Title: A Map of the Ohio River and part of the Mississippi, Containing the route from Pittsburg to S. Louis, and the Mines Map Maker: Peter Maverick
Description: Rare map of the Ohio River, from Pittsburg to the confluence of the Mississippi River, with an inset showing the course of the Mississippi from the Ohio to the Missouri River. The map provides a remarkable look at the watercourse which would eventually take earlier travellers to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico, 4 years before the publication of Lewis & Clark's map and official report. The map was issued with Christian Schultz's Travels on an Inland Voyage Through the States of New- York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and through the territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New-Orleans: performed in the years 1807 and 1808, including a tour of nearly six thousand miles. . ., published in 1810. The book is one of the earliest works to give a detailed account of travel and the actual risks and dangers encountered in the Western Country. Schultz crossed upstate New York and western Pennsylvania, then went down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans, travelling inland along the way. The entire second volume covers the trip from the mouth of the Ohio south, and paints a marvelous picture of a Mississippi passage of the period. The excellent maps include one of the South to New Orleans, the Ohio River, one of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, and the locations of the ancient mounds near Marietta.
Condition Description: Some damage along one fold and narrow upper right margin, as issued. References: GRAFF 3707. CLARK II:166. HOWES S202, "aa." SABIN 78001. THOMSON 1027. BUCK 70.
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