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Map A Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spanish dominions to the westward of the Mississipi.

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Title

  • A Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spanish dominions to the westward of the Mississipi.

Created / Published

  • [ca. 1763]

Headings

  • -  Mississippi--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Gulf Coast (U.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Mississippi
  • -  United States--Gulf Coast

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:760,320; 12 miles to an in.
  • -  Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
  • -  Shows the present state of Mississippi, southeastern Louisiana, and Mobile Bay.
  • -  Includes note on navigation and "This line being proposed to be the eastern boundary of the New Collony is supposed to run parrallel to the R. Mississipi and to continue in this direction 'till it strikes on the R. Ohio."
  • -  Mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  Printed label describing the map mounted on verso.
  • -  Annotated in black ink in lower left corner: 175.
  • -  Maggs number annotated in pencil in lower right corner: 94.
  • -  Order number annotated in pencil in lower margin: 367892/27.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1601
  • -  LC Luso-Hispanic World, 841
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • col. map 146 x 51 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3980 1763 .P5

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74692219

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

A Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spanish dominions to the westward of the Mississipi. [1763] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/74692219/.

APA citation style:

(1763) A Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spanish dominions to the westward of the Mississipi. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74692219/.

MLA citation style:

A Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spanish dominions to the westward of the Mississipi. [1763] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/74692219/>.