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Map Carte particulière du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis le village sauvage jusqu'au dessous du Detour aux Angloix, des lacs Pontchartrain & Maurepas & des rivières & bayouc qui y aboutissent

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Title

  • Carte particulière du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis le village sauvage jusqu'au dessous du Detour aux Angloix, des lacs Pontchartrain & Maurepas & des rivières & bayouc qui y aboutissent

Names

  • Saucier, F., approximately 1712-1757.

Created / Published

  • 1749.

Headings

  • -  Mississippi River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Mississippi River

Notes

  • -  Shows the Mississippi River in the vicinity of New Orleans from Colapissas to English Turn, lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, location of Native American settlements, fortifications, and natural features.
  • -  Pen-and-ink and watercolor.
  • -  Copy annotated in pencil: No 5 and 84482-06.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Includes wind rose.
  • -  LC Luso-Hispanic world, 915

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : col. ; 73 x 66 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4042.M5 1749 .S3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2003623383

Online Format

  • image

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Saucier, F., Approximately. Carte particulière du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis le village sauvage jusqu'au dessous du Detour aux Angloix, des lacs Pontchartrain & Maurepas & des rivières & bayouc qui y aboutissent. 1749. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003623383/.

APA citation style:

Saucier, F. (1749) Carte particulière du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis le village sauvage jusqu'au dessous du Detour aux Angloix, des lacs Pontchartrain & Maurepas & des rivières & bayouc qui y aboutissent. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003623383/.

MLA citation style:

Saucier, F., Approximately. Carte particulière du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis le village sauvage jusqu'au dessous du Detour aux Angloix, des lacs Pontchartrain & Maurepas & des rivières & bayouc qui y aboutissent. 1749. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2003623383/>.