Carte de la Louisiane

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Title: Carte de la Louisiane
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, cartographer
Contributor: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782.
Haye, G. de la, engraver.
Published / Created: 1752
Publication Place: Paris and France Paris
Publisher: Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
Description: BEIN 2003 Folio 85: No. 25 of 45 maps bound together with binder's spine title: Atlas of America; ms. table of contents. Bookplate: Robinson. Bookplate of Paul Mellon.
BEIN 1977 Folio 97: Not hand colored. Mounted as 1 sheet in atlas. Number "45" printed on verso. No. 28 of 39 maps bound together.
Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings.
Prime meridian: Paris.
Watermark.
Appeared in Anville's Atlas général.
Includes table of latitudes for New Orleans, the Balise, Fort Condé, Dauphin Island, St. Joseph Bay (Fort Crevecoeur).
Inset map: Partie supérieure de la Louisiane. Scale [ca. 1:3,300,000].
Extent: 1 map on 2 sheets : sheets 55.1 x 68.5 or smaller.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale approximately 1:940,000.
Coordinates: (W 94°--W 83°/N 36°45ʹ--N 28°55ʹ).
Language: French

Genre: Early works to 1800
Nautical charts
Material: hand colored ;
Resource Type: cartographic image
Subject (Geographic): Louisiana
Southern States
Gulf of Mexico
Subject (Topic): Maps
Nautical charts
Subjects: Louisiana > Maps > Early works to 1800
Southern States > Maps > Early works to 1800
Nautical charts > Gulf of Mexico > Early works to 1800
Mellon, Paul > Bookplate

Access: Public
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