Entrée Du Mississipi (sic) en 1724, avec le fort de la Balise et la passe ordinaire dédoublée par le courant
Subject
Mississippi River delta, East Pass, Isle de la Balise, Balize, Fort Balize
Date
1724 (historical)
Mapmaker
Erhard, 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 #III, figure 2 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
8 7/8 x 7
Storage
LHC call # 557.63