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

T0019.1994.003.09

Condition

Good. Some foxing.

Curatorial Notes

See 1976.112.002 for second copy.

Market Value

2000 Sep: Neal Auction, catalog item # 1344, 500/1000. 1998 Jan: Helen R. Kahn Books, Canada, valued set of three volumes at $4,875.

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.

Media Type

bound in book

Size

7 3/4 x 11 3/16

Storage

c06d04/vault