Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Levée aux années mil sept cent dix-neuf, & mil sept cent vingt: Carte de la coste de la Louisiane depuis la Baye de Saint Louis ou de Saint Bernard jusques à celle de Saint Joseph où l'on a marqué exactement les battes et battures, & la quantité des pieds d'eau que l'on y trouve. |
| Author: | Devin, Valentin Alexandre (d. 1735) |
| Situation Date: | 1720 |
| Type: | Manuscript |
| Features: | Drainage, lakes, coastal details, points, bays, islands, marshes, Indian settlements, other settlements, forts, land owners/residents. |
| Comments: | Title Note: General translation- For the year one thousand seven hundred and nineteen, and one thousand seven hundred and twenty: Map of the coast of Louisiana from the Bay of Saint Louis or Saint Bernard to the Bay of St. Joseph where they scored exactly the bats and flats (accurate mapping), and the amount of feet(depth) of water found there. Features Note: Inset, bottom right:] Carte particulière de la pointe du nord de l'île de la Chandeleur à l'île aux Vaisseaux (Detailed map of the northern point of Chandeleur Island to Ship Island). Features Note: Contains an alpha numeric index of 32 natural and cultural features including land owners/residents. |
| Coverage: | Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Western panhandle of Florida, south of a line just below the Vicksburg area. Most of Mississippi detail is in Adams, Wilkinson, Harrison and Hancock counties. |
| Repository: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des cartes et plans |
| Language: | French |
| Color: | Y |
| Link: | http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b5966520n/f22.zoom |