Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Carte particulière d'une partie de la Louisianne ou les fleuve et rivierres [i.e. rivières] onts etés relevé a l'estime & les routtes [i.e. routes] par terre relevé & mesurées aux pas, par les Srs. Broutin, de Vergés, ingénieurs & Saucier dessinateur / Demarigny. |
| Author: | [Saucier, Sieur.] |
| Scale: | ca 1 inch to 13.4 miles |
| Situation Date: | 1743 |
| Publication Date: | [1743] |
| Type: | Original |
| Features: | Drainage, relief in local areas, Indian nations, Indian settlements, forts, roads, communities. |
| Comments: | Title Note: English Title-Detail map of a part of Louisiana: in which the rivers and streams have been drawn up by estimation and the roads and land routes drawn up and measured by steps. Title on Library of Congress map folder: Louisiana and Mississippi routes of Broutin, de Verges, and Saucier. Also noted with Library of Congress version: "This map of the Mississippi River Valley from Memphis to the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Mobile includes interior streams, routes, European communities, and Native American settlements and nations, fortifications ... Map concentrates on the surveys of Broutin, Vergés, and Saucier in Mississippi and Alabama ..." Features Note: Depicts a legend describing ten points on the map primarily in the northwest part of the state (Desoto County area) Type Note: Pen-and-ink and watercolor. |
| Coverage: | Mississippi, Alabama and southeastern Louisiana |
| Repository: | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division |
| Language: | French |
| Size (inches): | 33 X 29.1 |
| Color: | Y |
| Link: | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4010.ct000681 |