![J[oseph] N[icholas] Nicollet / Assisted by J[ohn] C[harles] Fremont / W.J. Stone Sc[ulpsit], MAP OF THE HYDROGRAPHICAL BASIN OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER From Astronomical and Barometrical Observations, Surveys and Information. BY J. N. NICOLLET. MADE IN THE YEARS 1836, 37, 38, 39 & 40, ASSISTED IN 1838, 39 & 40, BY LIEUT. J. C. FREMONT OF THE CORPS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS Under the Superintendence of the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers and authorized by THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Senate, 1942.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/BRM3340-Nicollet-Hydrographic-Basin-Mississippi_composite_lowres-scaled-e1617663377885-150x150.jpg)
A great Western rarity: The first edition of the Nicollet map of the Upper Mississippi River basin
The exceptionally rare six-sheet Nicollet & Fremont map of the upper Mississippi River, considered the foundation of modern mapping of the Upper Midwest and Great Plains and “One of the most important contributions ever made to American geography.” (Gouverneur Kemble Warren). Nicollet’s map depicts the Mississippi Basin from just below the mouth of the Missouri […]