Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Carte de la Côte de la Louisiane, depuis l'Embouchure du Mississipi jusqu'à la baie de St Joseph ; ou l'on marque toutes les Isles, Ports et bons mouillages qui s'y trouvent, suivant les Observations faites par M. de Serigny en 1719 et 1720. / M. de Sérigny. |
| Author: | Le Moyne, Joseph, Sieur de Sérigny (1668-1734); [Devin, Valentin (d. 1735)] |
| Situation Date: | ca. 1720 |
| Type: | Facsimile |
| Features: | Drainage in vicinity of Gulf Coast, islands, inlets, bays, lakes, soundings in Gulf and lake Pontchartrain, a few Indian settlements, forts, anchorage. |
| Comments: | General Note: See D-79 at http://rla.unc.edu/EMAS/regions-ms.html#sec_d for a short discussion of this map. Also see D-80 at the same URL for a very similar manuscript, color version of the map. Title Note: General translation-Map of the Coast of Louisiana, from Mississippi [river] to the Mouth of the Bay of St. Joseph, all the islands, ports and good anchorage in it, according to observations made by Mr. Serigny in 1719 and 1720. / M. Sérigny. Features Note: Insets of Mouth of Mississppi River and New Orleans. |
| Coverage: | New Orleans to Pensacola. Harrison, Hancock and Jackson counties. |
| Repository: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des cartes et plans |
| Language: | French |
| Link: | http://rla.unc.edu/Mapfiles/Thomassy/Plate2.jpg |
