Draught of the passage from Lake Pontchartrin to the river Missisippi

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Item Information

Title:
Draught of the passage from Lake Pontchartrin to the river Missisippi
Creator:
Pittman, Philip, active 1760-1770
Name on Item:
Ph: Pittman, lieutt. 15th Regt. assistt. engr.
Date:
[1765]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Maurepas, Lake (La.)--Maps
Manchac, Bayou (La.)--Maps
Places:
Louisiana > Maurepas, Lake
Louisiana > Manchac, Bayou (stream)
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 57.5 x 22.3 cm.
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Scale:
Scale of leagues.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, strip map of the British bypass of the lower Mississippi using the Iberville River.
Includes a paragraph of explanatory remarks.
The map was enclosed, with others, in Pittman to Hage, 27 March 1765. The description referred to in the letter is probably the original of the copy enclosed in Farmer to Gage of 30 March 1765.
This plan, with the title Draught of the R. Ibberville... is reproduced in Pittman, Philip. The present state of the European settlements on the Mississippi (London, 1770).
A copy of this map, from the Shelburne Papers (Clements Library), is entitled A draught of Massiac Lake...
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
8230
Barcode:
B3318341