Carte des Environs du Mississipi (sic) (envoyée en 1700)

Subject

Mississippi River from above present-day Manchac to the Gulf; Gulf coast from the river delta east to Fort de Biloxy (Biloxi), Mississippi

Date

1700 (historical)

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

Notes

Plate #I, figure 3 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

5 1/2 x 7 3/4

Storage

LHC call # 557.63