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Map Plan of the mouths of the Mississipi to shew the different situations of the passes of S.W, S.E., N.E., Latoutre & their soudings

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Title

  • Plan of the mouths of the Mississipi to shew the different situations of the passes of S.W, S.E., N.E., Latoutre & their soudings

Names

  • Lafon, Barthélémy, 1769-1820.
  • United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers.

Created / Published

  • [1813]

Headings

  • -  Mississippi River--Maps
  • -  United States--Mississippi River

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor.
  • -  Shows fortifications, soundings, river conditions, and batteries at the mouth of the Mississippi river.
  • -  "Office of Chief of Engineers, War Department. 58510 461" on verso.
  • -  Includes inset of "Plan of the projected battery."
  • -  Minimal level cataloging record.

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : col. ; 53 x 77 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4042.M5 1813 .L3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012591011

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Lafon, Barthélémy, and United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. Plan of the mouths of the Mississipi to shew the different situations of the passes of S.W, S.E., N.E., Latoutre & their soudings. [1813] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012591011/.

APA citation style:

Lafon, B. & United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. (1813) Plan of the mouths of the Mississipi to shew the different situations of the passes of S.W, S.E., N.E., Latoutre & their soudings. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012591011/.

MLA citation style:

Lafon, Barthélémy, and United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. Plan of the mouths of the Mississipi to shew the different situations of the passes of S.W, S.E., N.E., Latoutre & their soudings. [1813] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012591011/>.