Copy of a plan of the river Iberville from Lake Maurepas to the forks, with part of the Comit and Amit : taken from engineer Durnford's

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Item Information

Title:
Copy of a plan of the river Iberville from Lake Maurepas to the forks, with part of the Comit and Amit : taken from engineer Durnford's
Contributor:
Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789
Creator:
Durnford, Elias, 1739-1794
Name on Item:
by Tho: Hutchins
Date:
[ca. 1772]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Manchac, Bayou (La.)--Maps
Amite River (La.)--Maps
Comite Creek (Miss and La.)--Maps
Places:
Louisiana > Manchac, Bayou (stream)
Louisiana > Amite (river)
Comite Creek
Extent:
1 ms. map in 2 irregular pieces : col. ; ca. 512 x 127 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:9,600.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, map of the British bypass of the lower Mississippi using the Iberville River and including tributary rivers.
Notations along the stream concern vegetation, topography, and Indian settlements.
See Gage to Haldimand, 10 June 1772 for information about plans to circumvent Spanish New Orleans by using this route.
Title and author taken from verso of map.
Identifier:
8340
Barcode:
B3318388