Carte des Embouchures du Mississipi (sic) [Map of Entrances to the Mississippi River]

Sub-Title

Sur les Manuscrits du Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine

Subject

Mississippi River delta, Fort de la Balise [Balize] located.

Date

1744

Mapmaker

[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas]; [Guillaume] Dheulland, engraver

Publisher

[Ganeau, Veuve]

Place of Publication

[Paris]

Accession Number

1976.112.002

Curatorial Notes

Second copy, bound in book located T0019.1994.003.09

Notes

To the west of Balize, a clearly marked cemetery is delineated.
From F. P. Xavier Charlevoix's 1744 "Journal d'un Voyage," vol. 3.

Size

7 3/4 x 11 3/16