Map Carte réduite des îles Antilles, au nord du 13me.degré de latitude.

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About this Item

Title

  • Carte réduite des îles Antilles, au nord du 13me.degré de latitude.

Names

  • Verdun de la Crenne, Jean René Antoine, marquis de, 1741-1805.
  • Borda, Jean Charles de, 1733-1799.
  • Pingré, Alexandre Guy, 1711-1796.
  • Petit, Sculp.

Created / Published

  • [Paris] 1775.

Headings

  • -  West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  West Indies

Genre

  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:1,250,000 and 1:1,300,000.
  • -  Prime meridian: Paris.
  • -  "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris pris à la Observatoire Royal."
  • -  Seal of "Dépôt de la marine" on lower left corner, with anchor symbol surrounded by three fleur-de-lis.
  • -  "Publiée par ordre du roi."
  • -  Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  "Dressée sur plusieurs observations astronomiques et d'après des determinations de Longitude faites à la mer avec les horloges marines dans la Campagne de la Flore en 1771 et 1772."
  • -  "No. 75 bis."
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1736
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Includes "Avertissement."
  • -  From Jacques Nicolas Bellin's l'Hydrographie françoise. [1737-1794]
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 651; 700/2

Medium

  • 2 maps on sheet 90 x 62 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4900 1775 .V4

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74695790

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Verdun De La Crenne, Jean René Antoine, Marquis De, Jean Charles De Borda, Alexandre Guy Pingré, and Sculp Petit. Carte réduite des îles Antilles, au nord du 13me.degré de latitude. [Paris, 1775] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/74695790/.

APA citation style:

Verdun De La Crenne, J. R. A., Borda, J. C. D., Pingré, A. G. & Petit, S. (1775) Carte réduite des îles Antilles, au nord du 13me.degré de latitude. [Paris] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74695790/.

MLA citation style:

Verdun De La Crenne, Jean René Antoine, Marquis De, et al. Carte réduite des îles Antilles, au nord du 13me.degré de latitude. [Paris, 1775] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/74695790/>.