Païs cedés, sheet Ist, containing the coast of Louisiana and Florida

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Païs cedés, sheet Ist, containing the coast of Louisiana and Florida
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Title:
Païs cedés, sheet Ist, containing the coast of Louisiana and Florida
Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Name on Item:
by Thos. Jefferys, geographer to His Majesty
Date:
[1768]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Mexico, Gulf of--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Alabama--Maps--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Florida--Maps--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Louisiana--Maps--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Mississippi--Maps--Early works to 1800
Gulf Coast (U.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Florida
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Mexico, Gulf of
Extent:
1 chart : hand col. ; 48 x 62 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:1,380,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Covers the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida on the Gulf of Mexico.
Depths shown by soundings.
Prime meridians: Ferro and London.
"The course of the Mississippi, with the Lakes, Harbours, and Sea Coast are taken from several Spanish and French Drawings, compared with Monr. D'Anville's Carte de Louisiane, published in 1752 as also with P. Lavel, voyage á Louisiane."
"Astronomical Observations of Latitude for New Orleans, La Balise, Ft. Conde de la Mobile, Isle Dauphin, and Bay St. Joseph."
Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Phillips, 1196
Identifier:
4000137_0078
Call #:
G1105 .J4 1768
Barcode:
30000003255925