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Carte de la Louisiane et des pays voisins, dédiée à M. Rouillé, sécretaire d'État, ayant le Département de la marine. Par le Sr. Bellin, ingr. ordre. de la marine, 1750.

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[Paris? 1755?]

NOTES
Scale ca. 1:5,800,000.

"Longitude du méridien de l'île de Fer."

Covers the area from Québec to the Gulf of Mexico and west of Santa Fé, N.M.

Relief shown pictorially.

Shows cities and towns, forts, some trails, and Indian villages and tribal territory.

"Sur de nouvelles observations on à corrigé les lacs, et leurs environs, 1755."

Stamped on: Depôt des cartes et journ. de la marine.

Reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 18

SUBJECTS
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Louisiana--Maps--Early works to 1800.
North America.
United States--Louisiana.

RELATED NAMES
France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine.

RELATED TITLES
[Lowery map collection ; 406]

MEDIUM
map 48 x 61 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3300 1755 .B4 Low 406

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g3300 ar001800 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3300.ar001800

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier. Selections from the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division)

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