Detail View: Louisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase: A Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spanish dominions to the westward of the Mississipi.

(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/.

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/>.

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/.

[ca. 1763]

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

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 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

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