Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Carte de la Coste de la Louisiane / depuis la Baye de St. Bernard jusqu'a celle de St. Joseph / ou tous le Ports, Rades, et bons mouillages sont exactement marquez avec les sondes, et la profondeur des terres jusqu'au dessus des Natchez. |
| Author: | Devin, Valentin (d. 1735) |
| Situation Date: | ca 1722 |
| Type: | Photocopy |
| Features: | Drainage, coastal islands, bays, inlets, Gulf soundings, forts, settlements, e.g. Natchez, portages, natural and cultural place names. |
| Comments: | Title Note: General translation- Map of the Coast of Louisiana from the Bay of Saint Bernard to that of Saint Joseph or all the Ports, harbor entrances, and good places to anchor and marked exactly with the sounding-lines (depth of the water) and the depth of the lands/shores just above Natchez. Bibliographic Note: Reproduced in Marc de Villiers du Terrage and P. Rivet (1919), "Les indiens du Texas et les expéditions françaises de 1720 et 1721 à la Baie Saint-Bernard." Journal de la Société des Américanistes de Paris, N.S. v. 11, no. 2, pl. 4. Published image shows western half of map only. Link Note: See item A-15 in link provided. Also see: http://rla.unc.edu/Mapfiles/misc/Devin%201722b~.Villiers.jpg and http://rla.unc.edu/Mapfiles/misc/Devin%201722b~.Villiers.detail.jpg |
| Coverage: | Extreme southern Mississippi (Adams, Wilkinson and Jefferson Counties) and Louisiana |
| Language: | French |
| Link: | http://rla.unc.edu/Natchez/ |