Research Catalog

Title

Carte de la Louisiane / par le Sr. d'Anville, dressée en mai 1732, publi̓ee en 1752 ; [gravée par] Guill. de la Haye.

Author

Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782

Publication

[Paris?] : [Sr. d'Anville], [1752]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Haye, G. de la
• Ford Collection.

Description

1 map : hand colored; 51 x 90 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US078.1.03

Subjects

• Louisiana
• Southern States
• Maps
• Mobile Bay (Ala.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Louisiana > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Early maps
• Gulf of Mexico > Mobile Bay
• Gulf Coast (La.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Southern States > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Early works

Genre/Form

• Early works.
• Maps.
• Early maps.

Note

• Shows rivers, towns, etc.
• Depths shown by soundings.
• "Premier meridien" which is about 20 gegrees west of Paris.
• Inset: Partie supérieure de la Louisiane, [Scale approximately 1:3,300,000].
• Includes table of latitudes for New Orleans, the Balise, Fort Condé, Dauphin Island, St. Joseph Bay (Fort Crevecoeur).
• Has latitude scale, but no longitude except for the city of New Orleans.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5987

OCLC

12789753

Author

Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, creator, publisher.

Title

Carte de la Louisiane / par le Sr. d'Anville, dressée en mai 1732, publi̓ee en 1752 ; [gravée par] Guill. de la Haye.

Publisher

[Paris?] : [Sr. d'Anville], [1752]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:825,000 (W 94°02ʹ--W 84°30ʹ/N 33°01ʹ--N 28°51ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 24, column 2, no. 7

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: several small pieces of map lacking along the bottom.

Source

US078.1.03

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

OCLC copy image

Place of Publication

France Paris.

Added Author

Haye, G. de la, engraver.

Ford Collection.

Other Editions:

Also issued as: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 Carte de la Louisiane [Paris?] : [Sr. d'Anville], [1752] (OCoLC)945093789

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5987 [Filed with Louisiana 1732]