File:Marquette and jolliet map 1681.jpg

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Description	English: ca. 1681 map of the Mississippi River system, based on the 1673 expediton of Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet. This is one of many early maps made based on their descriptions of the interior of North America.
Date	18:35, 12 April 2010 (UTC) (12 April 2010 (original upload date))
Source	Transferred from en.wikipedia (Original text : http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4042m.rb000005)
Author	probably drawn by Melchisédec Thévenot based on earlier Marquette map.. Original uploader was Billwhittaker at en.wikipedia
Permission ( Reusing this file)	This image is in the public domain due to its age; PD-OLD-100. (Original text : PD)

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Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
File change date and time	13:28, 12 April 2010
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