Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | A Plan of the coast of part of west Florida & Louisiana : including the River Yazous / Surveyed by George Gauld M.A. for the Right Honourable the Board of Admiralty. |
| Author: | Gauld, George. |
| Scale: | ca 1 inch to 4 miles |
| Situation Date: | [1774?] |
| Publication Date: | 1778 |
| Type: | Manuscript |
| Features: | Drainage, relief, lakes, ponds, bays, inlets, coastal and river islands, Gulf soundings and bottom type, Indian settlements, "old fort, old church, ball ground (likely Indian), Elliot's Store" noted on Yazoo River above Vicksburg area, "Boyd's sawmill" north of Natchez, names of residents/land owners, natural features-named, roads, paths, portages. |
| Comments: | General Note:"N.B. This survey has been taken at different times and reduced to one general scale in the year 1778."
In upper right corner: "The property of J.E. Hilegard." "No.2." Features Note: Insets: A plan of Manchac 1774 -- A Continuation of the Mississippi from the Houmachitta Creek to the River Yazous. Notes on physical geography and historical events at certain places including a British and "Rebel" fight at Natchez in April 1778. Size Note: 1 map on 6 sheets : mounted on linen ; 114 x 224 cm., sheets 59 x 80 cm. or smaller. |
| Coverage: | Adams, Jefferson, Claiborne and Warren, Pearl River, Harrison, Jackson, Counties |
| Repository: | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division |
| Language: | English |
| Size (inches): | 44.8 X 88 |
| Link: | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4012c.ct000670 |