Description: Detail from the 1744 map "Carte de la Louisiane cours du Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] et pais voisins : dediée à M. le Comte de Maurepas, ministre et secretaire d'etat commandeur des ordres du roy / par N. Bellin ingenieur de la marine, 1744 ; Dheulland sculp"e; showing Presquisle de la Floride (the Florida peninsula), the Atlantic coastline and Gulf Coast from near Baye de Carlos (Charlotte Harbor) to the Mississippi Delta. Major rivers, including R. S. Jean (St. Johns River) and R. des Apalachicolis (Apalachicola River) are shown. European and Native American settlements including Tampa, St. Augustine, and St. Marks are shown. Relief is shown pictorially, and longitude is based on the Paris prime meridian.
Place Names: 1740-1759, S. Augustin, Saint Augustine, Cap Canaveral, Cape Canaveral, Baye de Carlos, Charlotte Harbor, Baye S. Jean Ponce, Ponce de Leon Bay, R. S. Jean, St. Johns River, Caye d Anclote, S. Marc, St. Marks, Florida
ISO Topic Categories: inlandWaters, oceans, society
Keywords: Detail - Carte de la Louisiane cours du Mississipi et pais voisins , physical, political, historical, physical features, major political subdivisions, inlandWaters, oceans, society, Unknown,1744
Source: Jacques Nicolas Bellin, (Paris, : , 1744)
Map Credit: Courtesy of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress |
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