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Description

Senex's map of Louisiana closely follows De L'Isle's seminal map of 1718, which was the first map to name Texas (Tejas).

The map retains the outstanding detail of De L'Isle's map, but includes English nomenclature and translations for mot of the notes. The map extends west to the Rio Grande and provides and excellent depiction of Mississippi, Missouri and other major rivers and tributaries in the region, based upon contemporary knowledge. There are a number of annotations throughout the map, including notes on early exploration and settlement, Spanish trade with the Indians (Gold on the Upper Missouri!) and early routes of the Spanish and French explorers in the region. Florida is depicted as an Archipelago. Many Indian Villages are shown, along with the Promiscuous Nations and Nations Destroyed. Chicagou appears on Lake Michigan. Many early mines and forts are depicted.

Nice dark impression and vibrant original color.

Condition Description
Fold split, repaired on verso. The map was obtained in a collection of maps, all of which had been laid flat on old linen, most likely from a 19th Century composite atlas. Nice dark impression and vibrant original color.
John Senex Biography

John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the foremost mapmakers in England in the early eighteenth century. He was also a surveyor, globemaker, and geographer. As a young man, he was apprenticed to Robert Clavell, a bookseller. He worked with several mapmakers over the course of his career, including Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price. In 1728, Senex was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, a rarity for mapmakers. The Fellowship reflects his career-long association as engraver to the Society and publisher of maps by Edmund Halley, among other luminaries. He is best known for his English Atlas (1714), which remained in print until the 1760s. After his death in 1740 his widow, Mary, carried on the business until 1755. Thereafter, his stock was acquired by William Herbert and Robert Sayer (maps) and James Ferguson (globes).