Map of the northern part and parts of the southern parts of the America,
from the mouth of the Saint Laurent River to the Island of Cayenne,
with the new discoveries of the Mississippi (or Colbert) River. This map
shows the results of the expeditions of Father Marquette and L. Jolliet
(1673) and the Cavelier de la Salle expedition in the Mississippi
valley. The map shows three forts built between 1679 and 1680: Conty
fort (near Niagara Falls), Miamis Fort (south of Michigan lake), and
Crèvecœur fort (Left bank of the Illinois River). Mississippi river
course is only shown upstream of Ohio confluence.