File:Senex A map of Louisiana and of the River Mississipi 1721 UTA.jpg

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English: A map of Louisiana and of the River Mississipi
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English: For this map, English scientific publisher, bookseller, mapmaker, mapseller, instrument-seller, globemaker, engraver and surveyor John Senex (1678-1740) copied and translated Guillaume Delisle's 1718 Carte de la Louisiane with no credit to the French cartographer. For example, the inscription along the Texas coast in Delisle's map "Indiens errans et Antropophages" became "Wandering Indians & Man-eaters" in Senex's map. Senex's cartouche was different, though, and contains a dedication to William Law, probably a relative of John Law (1671-1729) and possibly his brother. John Law bore much of the blame for the financial panic known as the "Mississippi Bubble" and these maps all appeared around the time of the crisis. Like his brother, William Law the younger (1675-1752) was involved in the administration of both the Banque Generale and the Louisiana Company and was reportedly later imprisoned for fifteen months in the Bastille for corruption.
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John Senex  (1678–1740)  wikidata:Q3809607
 
Description British cartographer, publisher, bookseller, engraver, surveyor and visual artist
Date of birth/death 1678 Edit this at Wikidata 1740 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3809607
Guillaume Delisle  (1675–1726)  wikidata:Q1389662 s:fr:Auteur:Guillaume Delisle
 
Guillaume Delisle
Alternative names
De L'Isle, Guillaume
Description French cartographer and Royal geographer
Date of birth/death 28 February 1675 Edit this at Wikidata 25 January 1726 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1389662
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English: The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections
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Map location North America
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Publication
A New General Atlas
Place of publication London
Printed by
D. Browne
 Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q1230739
Dimensions height: 49 cm (19.2 in); width: 58 cm (22.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,49U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,58U174728
Medium hand-colored engraving on paper, hand-colored etching print on paper
artwork-references

Huseman, Ben W. (2016) Enlightenment Mapmakers and the Southwest Borderlands: Treasures from the Virginia Garrett Cartographic Library, Arlington: UTA Libraries, no. 37 , p. 33

Mackay, Charles (1841) Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, London, p. 45

Lemmon, Alfred E.; John T. Magill; Jason R. Wiese , ed. (2003) Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps, New Orleans: Historic New Orleans Collection, no. 21 , p. 61

Worms, Lawrence; Ashley Baynton-Williams (2011) British Map Engravers, London: Rare Book Society, pp. 599–601
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