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Plan du vieux Fort du Billoxi, 2 etablissement

Map of the region around Fort Maurepas (also known as Fort Biloxi) on the eastern shore of Biloxi Bay as it appeared ca. 1720; later the site of Ocean Springs in Jackson County, Mississippi. Keyed to 12 references, including the government house, troop barracks, and land concessions.

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Creator

Dumont de Montigny

Date

[1747]

Scale

Scale not given

Language

French

Location

Newberry Library

Collection (local)

Newberry Library Collection

Subjects
  • Fortification--Mississippi--Fort Maurepas--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • Land grants--Mississippi--Ocean Springs--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
  • Fort Maurepas (Ocean Springs, Miss.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • Ocean Springs (Miss.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places
  • Fort Maurepas
  • Jackson (county)
  • Mississippi
  • North and Central America
  • Ocean Springs
  • United States
Extent

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 164 x 215 mm.

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  • No known copyright restrictions.
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Notes
  • Note on verso: No. 4, page 69.
  • Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, yellow, red).
  • No. 4 of 23 maps and drawings detached and bound together, from: Dumont de Montigny. Memoire de Lxx Dxx Officiere Ingenieur, contenant les evenemens qui se sont passés à la Louisiane depuis 1715 jusqu'a present [1747]
  • Ms. memoire adapted by Jean Baptiste Le Mascrier and published as Dumont de Montigny, Mémoires historiques sur la Louisiane. Paris: C.J.B. Bauche, 1753.

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