Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Melish, John, 1771-1822
2. Harrison, Samuel, 1789-1818

Description

1. 1 map : hand colored, dissected and mounted on linen; 79 x 112 cm, on sheet 83 x 116 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US078.2.01

Subject

1. Maps
2. Mississippi > Maps
3. Louisiana > Maps

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 15-5989

Note

1. Depths shown by soundings.
2. Longitude west from London and west from Washington, D.C.
3. Originally folded in cover 21 x 15 cm.
4. "Entered according to Act of Congress the 8th day of April 1816 by William Darby."

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. Darby, William, 1775-1854, creator.

Title

1. A map of the state of Louisiana with part of the Mississippi territory from actual survey / by Wm. Darby ; Saml. Harrison, sct., Philaa.

Publisher

1. Philadelphia : Published May the 1st, 1816 by John Melish, [1816]

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:633,000 (W 94°15ʹ--W 87°00ʹ/N 33°01ʹ--N 28°55ʹ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 25, column 3, no. 7

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy is divided into 2 sheets, 83 x 58 cm.

Source

1. US078.2.01

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added author

1. Melish, John, 1771-1822, publisher.
2. Harrison, Samuel, 1789-1818, engraver.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 15-5989 [2 sheets]