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Map Plan of the mouth of the Mississipi to explain the direction of the thelegraphies lines from Balize to Plaquemines & for other puposes : No. 4, report of the 1st June 1813

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Title

  • Plan of the mouth of the Mississipi to explain the direction of the thelegraphies lines from Balize to Plaquemines & for other puposes : No. 4, report of the 1st June 1813

Names

  • Lafon, Barthélémy, 1769-1820.
  • United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers.

Created / Published

  • 1813.

Headings

  • -  Telecommunication--Mississippi River--Maps
  • -  Mississippi River--Maps
  • -  Fort of Balize (La.)--Maps
  • -  Plaquemines Parish (La.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Mississippi River
  • -  United States--Louisiana--La Balize

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor.
  • -  "Office of Chief of Engineers, War Department. 58510 462" and hand-written title of "No. 4 Missipi from Balise to Plaquemines telegraphik line" on verso.
  • -  Minimal level cataloging record.

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : col. ; 18 x 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4042.M5P92 1813 .L3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012591010

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Lafon, Barthélémy, and United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. Plan of the mouth of the Mississipi to explain the direction of the thelegraphies lines from Balize to Plaquemines & for other puposes: No. 4, report of the 1st June. 1813. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012591010/.

APA citation style:

Lafon, B. & United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. (1813) Plan of the mouth of the Mississipi to explain the direction of the thelegraphies lines from Balize to Plaquemines & for other puposes: No. 4, report of the 1st June. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012591010/.

MLA citation style:

Lafon, Barthélémy, and United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. Plan of the mouth of the Mississipi to explain the direction of the thelegraphies lines from Balize to Plaquemines & for other puposes: No. 4, report of the 1st June. 1813. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2012591010/>.