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Antiqued Hand Painted Mississippi River Maps
make BEAUTIFUL GIFTS for your family River Buff or Traveler!  

Please order maps for Christmas delivery by November 15!

Note on pricing: If you have been visiting this site, you will notice a price increase on all the hand-painted historic map reproductions. As we compete with art galleries to carry the maps, our costs are rising.  Additionally, we have upgraded the weight and archival properties of both the hand painted maps and our NEW option of an individually hand-printed ARTIST's PROOF.
 

Yes! We do paint privately owned maps.. we will produce a high resolution scan to the size you require. Phone or email us with your query.


TESTIMONIALS

  • "Thank you, my father loved his map!"  ~ New Orleans
  • "Your Ivory map is beautiful!! He will love it! Thanks so much!"  ~ Seattle
  • "I have to ask you for two more maps... my wife wants them for the living room and I'm not willing to give up mine in the den!"   ~Illinois
  • The Les Etats Unis is beautiful. Thanks for going the extra mile for us!" ~ Washington, DC
  • "We received our map yesterday... it is fabulous!"  ~Atlanta, Georgia
  • My Lt. Ross map was wonderful. I framed it and display it next to an antique Scottish map. The artist did a beautiful, beautiful job! ~ Texas
  • I am replacing a map my husband remembers as a child. It is so meaningful to him. Thank you! - Louisiana
  • "We loved our giant 1887 ribbon map! It's perfect for the 2-story foyer."  Mpls, Mn
  • "Absolutely, we thought the hand-painted maps were fabulous. They have terrific impact in our gallery windows!"
                     ~Vintage Gallery, 429 Royal Street, French Quarter, New Orleans
  • "I visited this site one thousand times... I'm so excited to have my 60" ribbon map!" ~ Louisiana

SAVE ON GIFT GIVING! Click link to View those maps that are available as offset GIFT PRINTS suitable for framing.  

"I have five brothers, and this will take care of my gift list perfectly!"

To ORDER any of the maps below, just order online. Or call us at 888-255-7726! 

Click here to see our gallery of photographs showing close-ups of a variety of our historic hand-painted map details. Please note that every hand-painted map is an original. Pictures on this page give you a sampling of the exquisite color work of the artist. If you see an effect you like, tell us and we'll try to find something similar in our stock!!  You may also COMMISSION exactly the color scheme that interests you.

Click here to "Meet the Artist!"


Our 1887 FATHER OF WATERS Ribbon Map by Willard Glazier Is shown to right.

Hand Painted Collector Edition of an Historic Reproduction

Each ribbon map in this collection is delicately hand-painted in skillfully blended watercolor earth tones. Available in two sizes. This reproduction of a rare Mississippi River "ribbon map" was drawn by Captain Willard Glazier to "prove" his premise that the True Source of the Mississippi was Lake Glazier rather than Lake Itasca. Looking for modern day towns on an old map? Many modern-day towns are included in this. It also contains many towns noted no longer appear on maps, like Waterproof...which wasn't!

"We loved our giant ribbon map! It's perfect for the 2-story foyer."  Mpls, Mn

Hand colored 4.5"x45"  $198


Hand colored 12" x 60"
(Great for foyers, Offices and "Great Houses"!)  
$356.00



 CLICK HERE for detailed historical information on Mississippi River RIBBON MAPS.


Map of the Course of the Mississippi River from the Missouri and the Country of the Illinois to the Mouths of the Lower River

 

1796
by George Collot
 

An Original Hand-Painting of the Course of the Lower Mississippi River
$356.00


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Includes St. Charles and "Kaokia", New Madrid, Natchez, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and south to the mouths of the Mississippi.

Vicksburg is noted as Fort Nogales or WALNUT HILLS. Lots of notations, such as "swampy land for distance of 2 or 3 leagues."

  • "Thank you, my father loved his map!"  ~ New Orleans
  • "I have to ask you for two more maps... my wife wants them for the living room and I'm not willing to give up mine in the den!"   ~Illinois

 


                                      


Hand-Painted reproduction of the Zebulon Pike 1805 Map of the Mississippi River from its Source to the Mouth of the Missouri
Produced from the notes of Lieut. Zebulon Pike by Anthony Nau
Actual size  8"x26"
$356


 

 

5x7" Photo quality Note cards are available for all maps.  $3.95 ea.

 

 

 

 

 

Portion of the Crawford County Lead Mines bounded by the Wisconsin River to the North and the Mississippi River to the West. Includes Mineral Point, Dodgeville to the East. Reproduction is crystal clear.

Hand-colored, $256.00


L'Amerique Septentrionale Partie Occidentale 

Par (by) M. BONNE  Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine.

Map shown below

  • The Les Etats Unis is beautiful. Thanks for going the extra mile for us!" ~ Washington, DC
  • "We received our map yesterday... it is fabulous!"  ~Atlanta, Georgia

Hand Painted historic MISSISSIPPI RIVER maps by Lisa Middleton are often described by customers as the MOST BEAUTIFUL found on the Internet. Please send us your Christmas order by October 31 to have a DECEMBER arrival.

LES ETATS UNIS  (The United States)


One of a kind, Hand-Painted Reproduction of Les Etats Unis
Price: $456.00


All French, good detail from Lac Superieur to the mouths of the Mississippi. To south, it shows Ft. de la Pointe Coupee, R. Rouge, Ft. des Natches, Ft. St. Pierre and mentions Ft. Rosalie without the usual annotation that the Fort was destroyed (seen in our maps dated 1756 or later).

In the north it shows a very large Lac Rouge, Saute St. Antoine (St. Anthony Falls), Fort St. Nicolas near the Ouisconsing (Wisconsin) R. and etc.

 

Good detail on Fort S. Philippe, Cahokias, and several lead mines in the Ste. Genevieve area. Good detail on the Ohio River and it's tributaries. Good detail of the Apalachian Mountains, Georgie, Cherokee country, etc.

 

More detail East of the Mississippi than West (although there is good detail for inland Minnesota). Unlike any other map, it shows the Mississippi going towards inland Minnesota and notes that the source is UNKNOWN.

The maps are beautifully hand-tinted in color and in brown tones. The print on the smaller size is readable, but the larger size is much easier to read.

For detail of the upper River, Minnesota, and east to Michigan and the Appalachian mountains, these maps are my favorites.


1858 Plantation Map (2 in stock)
Hand-Painted in exquisite Detail!

Antiqued, hand-painted reproduction of the PLANTATION MAP, 1858, South from Natchez, Mississippi, including parts of  Arkansas, and Louisiana.
We currently have only 3 of these beautiful ivory, hand-painted maps available. Individual plantations are clearly labeled. 

Your Ivory map is beautiful!! He will love it! Thanks so much!"  ~ Seattle  

36" x 57" 

1858 Plantation Map
Price: $600

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Also Available, ARTIST'S PROOF
1858 Plantation Map Print

Only NINE proof prints were made of our 2006 Plantation Map Painting. Certificate provided.
Price: $300


 

 


 

Golfo del Messico 1698
 Entire Map Shown above

From the Arkansas River to the Gulf of Mexico (includes the Arkansas Post) and EAST to the northern coast of Florida. This ITALIAN map is one of our most detailed and most beautiful maps. 

    
Beautifully Hand Colored Reproduction of the "GULFO DEL MESSICO"

I am replacing a map my husband remembers as a child. It will be so meaningful to him. Thank you! - Louisiana

Price: $356.00 
Map Size:  13 x 18 inches

 

Details shown below

                 

Email us!  Click envelope to email us your question or comment! or Phone 888-255-7726 to ORDER



1757 Carte de La Louisianne - French Map of the Missouri River

1757 from the Appalachians to the Rockies, North to St. Paul, the entire Mississippi. Notes French colonies, Indian nations and towns, Mines, the River St. Louis (Mississippi River) and adjacent rivers. From the "Saute de St. Antoine" (Minneapolis) to the Gulf. Very detailed for much of the Missouri River and western regions. Mouth of the Mississippi is marked as "unknown". 

 

Hand Painted Carte de La Louisianne 1757
Price: $226.00




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or Phone 888-255-7726 to ORDER

Lt. Ross Map of the Course of the Mississippi from Fort du Chartres in opposite the Missouri River to the Gulf. Prepared in 1765. (portion shown)     
44.5 x 17 inches   Hand-colored   $156
14x36" Hand Colored   $180

Lieutenant Ross' large scale map of the Mississippi is the largest format map of the Mississippi during the 18th Century, and the most detailed British Military Survey of the River. The map is based upon D'Anville's large map of 1746 and his Carte de la Louisiane published in 1752.   Shows Fort Chartes in the north, and Fort Kaskaskia. Adds substantial detail for southern portions of the map, including Pointe Coupee and Fort Rosalie

My Lt. Ross map was wonderful. I framed it and display it next to an antique Scottish map. The artist did a beautiful, beautiful job! ~ Texas

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Hand Tinted "Lt. Ross: Map of the Course of the Mississippi"
Price: $356.00

Email us!  Click envelope to email us your question or comment! or Phone 888-255-7726 to ORDER
 

Mississippi River HEADWATERS 1887

Willard Glazier, Hand-Painted Reproduction

Map size 16"x11" 


Includes Glazier's exact canoe route and dates from his journey through the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the lake he called Lake Glazier.


Suite du Cours du
Fleuve St. Louis (Mississippi River) 

by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), published in Paris, 1764

Full map, Left.   Detail below.


From the Gulf to the Yazoo River. The Red River is detailed from Natchitoches to the Mississippi. Fort Rosalie (Natchez) is shown. Also Fort de la Pointe Coupee.
Map includes an inset: "Carte de l'etablissement francois sur la riviere rouge." It notes the locations of French "habitations" among the Islands of the Natchitoches and Red River.

Bellin is one of the most proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. Appointed the first "Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine."

  Map size 8.5" x 13.5"
 Hand Colored: $156


 

 

NEW! Vermont, 1855, published by J.H. Colton

For the first time, we now offer an historic American map that is "off  River." Lake Champlain and the state of VERMONT feature in this beautiful hand-painted historic map.

So if you have a family member who hails from Vermont, this one is FOR YOU.

Hand-Painted historic reproduction at $356.00

We also have TWO Artist's Proofs Available at $156 each

 

Email us!  Click envelope to email us your question or comment! or Phone 888-255-7726 to ORDER

We are in the process of adding the rest of our maps to this shopping cart... To ORDER any of the above maps, just call us at 888-255-7726!
Please check back!!


Meanwhile we recommend to you any of the following great Mississippi River art products!

Unique real-photo NOTE CARDS of hand painted antiqued maps. 5x7 size, individually packaged with envelope and clear acetate. Set covers stretches of the entire Mississippi River. Extremely limited edition! Let us know you are interested in a specific PORTION of the River for your note cards.
 

Ask us how to put your favorite bit of the river on a custom note card!

Antique map set of 5 note cards
Price: $20.95


Frameable Steamboat Sketches by Neal Fink
Framable prints of 20+ historic riverboats.

Click sketch photo (right) to see our entire selection of prints. Note which specific boat prints you wish to purchase and CLICK THE ARROW in the OPTION BOX BELOW to click on the print you wish to order. Thank you!!

$21.95