Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Plan of the rivers Mississippi, Iberville, Mobile, and Bay of Pensacola; in the province of West Florida. Shewing the situation and extent of the lands granted by the English thereon. From the surveys of Elias Durnford, Surveyor General of West Florida. |
| Author: | Lewis, Samuel, Durnford, Elias |
| Situation Date: | 1772 |
| Type: | Photostat |
| Features: | Relief, drainage, islands,cliff with height, cypress stands, " path to the Chactaw (Choctaw) nation", bays, bars, vegetation, Mississippi River islands, Indian settlements, forts, towns, communities, corn fields, land and tract boundaries with numbers to match a legend indicating land owners name, number of acres in the tract, date of certificate. |
| Comments: | Author Note: This map, laid down and drawn by Samuel Lewis, Septr. 1772. Features Note: Annotated just west of Vicksburg: "West Florida Mississippi', '122/90", "11 table end", Inset: Plan of the proposed new town. Also the proposed cut from the Mississippi River to the Iberville. |
| Coverage: | Warren, Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams, Wilkinson, Hancock, Harrison and Jackson Counties |
| Repository: | Florida State University, Robert Manning Strozier Library |
| Language: | English |
| Size (inches): | 68.8 X 72.8 |
| Link: | http://rla.unc.edu/Mapfiles/Hulbert/Durnford%201772.CC.jpg |
