Carte des environs du Fort Royal de la Martinique

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Item Information

Title:
Carte des environs du Fort Royal de la Martinique
Contributor:
Moreau du Temple, René, 1736-
Contributor:
Fontenailles, Claude Loupia, surveyor
Contributor:
Gense, Louis, surveyor
Date:
[1770–1779]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Martinique--Maps
Places:
Martinique (territory)
Extent:
1 manuscript map : colored ; 70.8 x 63 cm
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Scale:
Scale approximately 1:15,500.
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially and by shading.
Finished watercolor and ink map showing landowners, plantation buildings, roads, and waterways.
Likely after the 1770 manuscript map of Martinique surveyed by Rene Moreau du Temple, Claude Loupia Fontenailles, and Louis Gense.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
9128
Barcode:
B11328946