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Fort St. Loüis ou Nouveau Billoxy, 3eme etablissement

Map of Fort St. Louis as it appeared ca. 1720, on the western shore of Biloxi Bay, near the later site of D'Iberville in Harrison County, Mississippi. Identifies Compagnie des Indes buildings and land concessions; keyed to references 1-12. From French army officer Dumont de Montigny's 1747 manuscript memoire of his experiences in Louisiana between 1715-1737.

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Creator

Dumont de Montigny

Date

[1747]

Scale

Scale not given

Language

French

Location

Newberry Library

Collection (local)

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection

Subjects
  • Land grants--Mississippi--D'Iberville--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • Fortification--Mississippi--Fort St. Louis--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
  • Fort St. Louis (D'Iberville, Miss.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • D'Iberville (Miss.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places
  • D'Iberville
  • Jackson (county)
  • Mississippi
  • North and Central America
  • United States
Extent

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 168 x 224 mm.

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Notes
  • Oriented with north at right.
  • Note on verso: No. 5, page 105.
  • Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, yellow).
  • No. 5 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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