Carte de la Côte de la Louisiane depuis L'Embouchure du Mississipi (sic) jusqu'a La Baye de Pensacola par M. de Sérigny en 1719 et 1720

Subject

Mississippi River delta, Gulf coast from the delta east to Pensacola, Florida

Date

1719-20 (hisrorical)

Mapmaker

Avril frères, engraver; Janson, printer

Publisher

Thomassy, [Marie Joseph] R[aymond]

Place of Publication

New Orleans and Paris

Accession Number

not applicable

Condition

fair.

Curatorial Notes

LHC stacks, call # 557.63

Insets

1. Vue de la Nouvelle Orléans en 1719 2. Embouchures du Mississippi d'après Guillaume Delisle Juin 1718

Notes

Plate #II from Thomassy's 1860 "Géologie Pratique de La Louisiane." Thomassy (1810-1863), a French hydraulic engineer, visited Louisiana and became interested in the Mississippi River and the state's coastal area. Thomassy's work was the first to describe the state's salt domes and to attempt to explain the origin of saltwater intrusions in Louisiana waterways.

Media Type

bound in book

Size

7 5/8 x 14 1/4

Storage

LHC call # 557.63