Newberry Library - Description particuliere de l'Isle de Cayenne

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Title Description particuliere de l'Isle de Cayenne

Date 1724

Place French Guiana, French Guiana--Cayenne Island

Language French

Subjects Fortification, Manuscript maps, Nautical charts

Description Oriented with north at bottom.
Depths shown with soundings; mountains shown pictorially.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, grey, brown, yellow, red); mounted on cloth.
Sheet 58 of 115 (i.e. 117; includes sheets 71A and 106A) numbered leaves in the Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection, detailing French colonial interests worldwide, ca. 1640-ca. 1726.

Summary Nautical chart and map of the island and town of Cayenne in French Guiana. Includes inset (145 x 103 mm.): Le Fort Louis en l'Isle de Cayenne.

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 442 x 341 mm

Format Early works, Manuscript maps, Maps, Nautical charts

Archival Collection Title Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection, Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS map 30 sheet 58

BibID 991660638805867

Projects Tag Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 4559px × 6348px 82.83 MB

Filename 991660638805867_ayer_ms_map_30_sheet_58.tif

Unique Identifier NL11KM65

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