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Important map of the United States, issued by C.F. Volney to accompany his Tableau du Climat et du Sol des Etats-Unis D'Amérique. Suivi d'éclaircissemens sur la Floride, sur la colonie Française au Scioto, sur quelques Canadiennes et sur les Sauvage, published by Corcier - Dentu in Paris in 1822.

This important 2 volume work was one of the earliest scholarly works on the Climate of the United States. The map includes remarkable details on some of the Indian Tribes in the Southeastern US, including the number of Warriors in the Criks, Choctas and Chicasas Indian Nations. Georgia is shown as Eastern and Western Georgia (Orientale and Occidentale), Kentokey is shown, as is Tennesie. Nice detail in the Ohio and Missisippi Valleys, including notes on the topography, Indians and other details. The route of the author is also shown,