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Title
Carte de la Floride Occidentale et Louisiane - La Peninsule at Golfe de la Floride ou Canal de Bahama avec les Isles de Bahama [two maps in one]
Contributor
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued
1777
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
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Description
Kashnor notes, "Copied from Jefferys' fine chart, the best chart of the time for navigators to Florida and the Mississippi. This was issued for the use of French allies during the Revolution." Appeared in reference from RLIN record. Compass rose. Ships on two routes.. Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Art Work. Verso Text: MS notes: 28 29 98.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 map 47 x 120 cm., sheet 54 x 146 cm.
Identifier
105:098 M
440291
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10231
Language
French
French
Subject
Gulf Coast (Fla.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Gulf Coast (La.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Bahamas--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period
1777
Place
North America United States Florida Coast Caribbean Bahamas
W 92°
W 75°/N 30°40'
N 25°
Source
Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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