A Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spanish dominions to the westward of the Mississipi
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Item Information
- Title:
- A Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spanish dominions to the westward of the Mississipi
- Title (alt.):
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West Florida
Isle of Orleans
- Date:
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[ca. 1763]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
- Location:
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
- Collection (local):
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Library of Congress Collection
- Subjects:
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Mississippi--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Gulf Coast (U.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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Mississippi
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript map : hand color 146 x 51 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- Scale:
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Scale 1:760,320
- Language:
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English
- Catalog Record:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/74692219
- Notes:
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Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Shows the present state of Mississippi, southeastern Louisiana, and Mobile Bay.
Includes note on navigation and "This line being proposed to be the eastern boundary of the New Collony is supposed to run parrallel to the R. Mississipi and to continue in this direction 'till it strikes on the R. Ohio."
Mounted on cloth backing.
Printed label describing the map mounted on verso.
Annotated in black ink in lower left corner: 175.
Maggs number annotated in pencil in lower right corner: 94.
Order number annotated in pencil in lower margin: 367892/27.
- Notes (citation):
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LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1601
LC Luso-Hispanic World, 841
- Identifier:
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ar160100
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