COLLECTION NAME:
Touchton Map Library
Record
Accession Number:
L2018.111.111
M Number:
M338
Short Title:
Carte De La Coste De La Floride depuis la Baye de la Mobile jusqu 'aux Cayes de St. Martin
Year:
1764
Author:
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Pub Title:
Petit Atlas Maritimein
Pub Note:
Tome. I. No. 41
Geographical Description:
This is a 1764 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin map of the Gulf Coast of Alabama and Florida, from Mobile Bay to St. Martin's Keys. The map includes Pensacola Bay, Saint Joseph Bay, the Apalachicola River, Dog Island (Isle des Chiens) and Apalachee Bay. The waters from Mobile Bay to Saint Joseph Bay are marked with numerous depth soundings. Along the shore, a number of Indigenous settlements are noted, as well as the ruins of the abandoned Fort Louis, the original site of Mobile. Fort de Crevecoeur is shown on Saint Joseph Bay, as well as the fort at St. Marc d'Apalache.
Carte De La Coste De La Floride depuis la Baye de la Mobile jusqu 'aux Cayes de St. Martin
