Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Bird's eye view of the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, 1883 drawn and engraved by Edward Molitor ; issued by American Trade Journal, S.M. Yeaman, publisher. |
| Author: | Molitor, Edward |
| Scale: | ca. 1 inch to 8.7 miles |
| Situation Date: | [1880-1883] |
| Publication Date: | 1883 |
| Type: | Original |
| Features: | Relief, drainage, lakes, Mississippi River islands, mounds, sandbars, natural features-named, boat landings, cities, towns, communities, railroads, names of some residents. |
| Comments: | Features Note: features are illustrated via three oblique views west to east. Mississippi Archives version is Accompanied by a small book of same title which gives the population of principal points on the river and their distances to the Gulf of Mexico. Publisher Note: The Mississippi River Commission copy notes: "Cleveland, O Brooks & Co. |
| Coverage: | Mouth of Missouri River to Gulf of Mexico (western three-quarters of Mississippi) |
| Repository: | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Mississippi River Commission | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | St. Louis, (Cleveland: Brooks & Co Publishers, 1884) |
| Size (inches): | 16 X 30.8 |
| Link: | http://zed.mdah.state.ms.us/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bibl ionumber=72491 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4042m.ct002235 |