Description: Detail from the 1744 map "Carte de la Louisiane cours du Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] et pais voisins : dediee a 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 the south-central portion of the Florida peninsula. Major rivers, including the R. Amajuno and S. Joseph. European and Native American settlements including Silles and Tampa are shown. The map shows Baye du S. Esprit (Tampa Bay) directly connected to Baye de Carlos (Charlotte Harbor). Relief is shown pictorially, and longitude is based on the Paris prime meridian.
Place Names: 1740-1759, Florida, Tampa, Baye du St. Esprit, Tampa Bay, Baye de Carlos, Charlotte Harbor, Baye de S. Jean Ponce, Ponce de Leon Bay, Cape Canaveral, Caye de Anclote, Anclote Keys
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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