Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Carte générale du territoire d'Orléans comprenant aussi la Floride Occidentale et une portion du territoire du Mississipi / dresée d'après les observations les plus récentes par Bmi. Lafon, ingénieur géographe à la N[ouve]lle. Orléans. |
| Author: | Lafon, Barthélémy, 1769-1820. |
| Scale: | ca 1 inch to 8.4 miles |
| Situation Date: | 1806 |
| Publication Date: | 1806 |
| Type: | Original |
| Features: | Relief, drainage, lakes, coastal details-islands, shoals, soundings, Indian settlements, towns, communities, roads, ferries, names and locations of residents-most in the Natchez area. |
| Comments: | General Note: File contains three copies: Copy 1 black-and-white annotated in red ink; copy 2 col. and copy 3 black-and-white without annotations. Title Note: General translation- General map of the territory of Orleans also including West Florida and a portion of the territory of Mississippi / dresée according to the latest comments by Bmi. Lafon, geographical engineer at the N [ew] lle. Orleans. Features Note: Illustrates a listing of settlements and geographic places with latitude and longitude. | |
| Coverage: | Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama |
| Repository: | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division | Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
| Language: | French |
| Publisher: | Paris : Ch. Picquet, 1806. |
| Size (inches): | 33.8 X 49.6 |
| Link: | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4010.ct000672 http://zed.mdah.state.ms.us/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bibl ionumber=000008052 |