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Carte de la Nouvelle-France, indiquant le Mississippi, par Louis Joliet, 1673-1674.

Map of New France, showing the Mississippi River, by Louis Joliet, 1673-1674

From the Archives Nationales du Québec http://www.anq.gouv.qc.ca/description.htm

Rights discussed here: http://www.anq.gouv.qc.ca/droitauteur.htm

Specifically states that they allow, without specific authorization, the use of the contents of their site for private, educational and noncommercial purposes with the condition of clearly of showing the source of the images and texts.

Les Archives nationales du Québec permettent, sans autorisation particulière, l'utilisation des contenus de leur site à des fins privées, éducatives et non commerciales à la condition de bien indiquer la source des images et des textes.


 * But in the United States, and likely many other places, this is certainly in the public domain, because they do not have the ability to claim copyright on works which are over 300 years old! --Fastfission 01:59, 5 May 2006 (UTC)