Historic Map : Bonne Map of The Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi, 1775, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in the Greek god Hermes

the Greek god Hermes

Features some offshore detail and several sailing ships plying the Zuyder Zee ( Zuiderzee )

Van Lochom

Names Niagara Falls as well as numerous French forts along the Mississippi and further west

Historic Map : Bonne Map of The Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi, 1775, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in the Greek god HermesAn extremely attractive example of Rigobert Bonne's c. 1775 map of the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley. A map of considerable importance, this map was constructed during a period of aggressive exploration into this region. The French and English in North America, jealous of Spain's access to the Pacific via Mexico and Central America, were actively seeking their own westward passage'. By this time notions of a Northwest Passage through the