Carte du Cap Franc̨ois de Saint Domingue, de l'isle de Cuba, de la Jamaique avec le canal de Bahama, l'entrée du fleuve St. Louis, et le pays de la Louisiane et les isles adjacentes, le tout depuis 16 degres de latitude jusqu'a trente six

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Carte du Cap Franc̨ois de Saint Domingue, de l'isle de Cuba, de la Jamaique avec le canal de Bahama, l'entrée du fleuve St. Louis, et le pays de la Louisiane et les isles adjacentes, le tout depuis 16 degres de latitude jusqu'a trente six
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Title:
Carte du Cap Franc̨ois de Saint Domingue, de l'isle de Cuba, de la Jamaique avec le canal de Bahama, l'entrée du fleuve St. Louis, et le pays de la Louisiane et les isles adjacentes, le tout depuis 16 degres de latitude jusqu'a trente six
Description:
Details lower Louisiana, the Gulf of Mexico, and the West Indies; from French army officer Dumont de Montigny's 1747 manuscript memoir of his experiences in Louisiana between 1715-1737.
Creator:
Dumont de Montigny
Date:
[1747]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Newberry Library
Collection (local):
Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection
Subjects:
Nautical charts--West Indies--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Mexico, Gulf of--Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
Mexico, Gulf of--Maps--Early works to 1800
Louisiana--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Louisiana
West Indies
Mexico, Gulf of
Extent:
1 ms. map : hand col. ; on sheet 336 x 680 mm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000]
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991477178805867
Notes:
Remarque le rouge est la terre aux Francois; le jeaune aux Espagnols, et le bleu aux Anglois.
Note on verso: Carte general no. 1.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, yellow, red, blue). Drawn on two pieces of paper pasted together to form one sheet; detached opposite title page.
No. 1 of 23 maps and drawings detached and bound together, from: Dumont de Montigny. Memoire de Lxx Dxx Officiere Ingenieur, contenant les evenemens qui se sont passés à la Louisiane depuis 1715 jusqu'a present [1747]
Photostat of related manuscript map in the Archives Nationales (France), number N³ no. 2, forms part of the Louis C. Karpinski Map Collection (Newberry Library)
Ms. memoire adapted by Jean Baptiste Le Mascrier and published as Dumont de Montigny, Mémoires historiques sur la Louisiane. Paris: C.J.B. Bauche, 1753.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Call #:
Ayer MS 257 map 1 (NLO)