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| Keywords: 1865 U.S.C.S. Chart or Map of the Mississippi River around Cairo Illinois - Geographicus - RivMiss1Col-USCS-1865.jpg This is a beautifully hand colored 1865 United States Coast Survey chart or map of a sinuous part of the Mississippi River around Cairo Illinois near the branching off of the Ohio River Sheet one of a six sheet set depicting the Mississippi River from Cairo Illinois to St Mary ™s Missouri The bends in the river are named as are the many river islands shown Notes towns wood lots landings and farms many of which are shown with family names This map was created under the direction of A D Bache Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States and one of the most influential American cartographers of the 19th century 1865 Size in 23 16 object history credit line accession number RivMiss1Col-USCS-1865 Geographicus-source PD-art 1865 maps Illinois in the 1860s Missouri in the 1860s Kentucky in the 1860s Confluence of the Mississippi River and the Ohio River Maps of Alexander County Illinois Maps of Ballard County Kentucky Maps of Mississippi County Missouri Old maps of Illinois Old maps of the Mississippi River Old maps of Missouri United States Coast Survey maps Fort Defiance State Park Illinois Ž | ||||
