Newberry Library - Carte de l'Isle à Vache

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Title Carte de l'Isle à Vache

Creator Beauvilliers, sieur de, d. 1730

Date 1723

Place Haiti--Vache Island

Language French

Subjects Manuscript maps

Description Sheet 71A 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.
Relief shown pictorially and with shading.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (blue, grey, yellow, red); mounted on cloth. Shot from 4x5 transparency.

Summary Shows Vache Island (or Île-à-Vache) and a portion of the south central coast of Haiti, immediately east of present day Les Cayes. Sugar cane fields and 3 buildings shown on the island.

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 530 x 380 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 71A

BibID 991759788805867

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 4472px × 6024px 77.09 MB

Filename 991759788805867_ayer_ms_map_30_sheet_71a.tif

Unique Identifier NL11KMA6

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