(Sartine/Depot General de la Marine.)    Carte d'une Partie des Cotes de la Floride et de la Louisiane, Contenant le Cours du Mississipi...1778.   1778.   Depot Generale de la Marine.   (Paris.)   Image: 15 1/4 x 22 3/4."  Sheet size: 19 3/8 x 26 1/4."   A sharp, bright, unblemished example.
An elegant French rendering of part of the Gulf Coast, dated 1778 and published for the Neptune Americo-Septentrional.  The chart covers the area between St. Joseph Bay and Vermilion Bay.  Numerous rivers, bays, islands and lakes are identified, as are the towns/forts of Pensacola, Mobile, Biloxi and New Orleans.  A few historical notes are included, such as "F. Crevecoeur Abandonne par les Francois en 1718."  Rhumb lines and coastal soundings further graphically enhance a very attractive chart.   Sellers & Van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789: 1611.    [Item no. 2272.]     $2,500.00
 

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