La riviere du Détroit depuis le Lac Sainte Claire jusqu'au Lac Erie.

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"A composite plan of Detroit River and City, with an inset plan of the Fort. This Map was engraved after two original drawings made by the French naval engineer, Gaspard Chaussegros de Léry. The plan of the Fort, drawn in 1749, and the Map of the River and Habitations, executed in 1752 are here show...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 (Cartographer)
Language:French
English
Published: [United States?] : [publisher not identified], [1938?]
Subjects:
Detroit (Mich.) > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles.
Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.) > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles.
Fort Detroit (Detroit, Mich.) > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles.
Michigan > Detroit.
North America > Detroit River.
Early maps.
Facsimiles.
Genre:
Maps
Early works to 1800
Facsimiles.
Early maps.
Physical Description:1 map ; 21 x 32 cm
Cartographic Data:Scale approximately 1:150,000
(W 83°32ʹ00ʺ--W 82°34ʹ00ʺ/N 42°28ʹ00ʺ--N 41°57ʹ00ʺ).
Format: Map
Description
Summary:
"A composite plan of Detroit River and City, with an inset plan of the Fort. This Map was engraved after two original drawings made by the French naval engineer, Gaspard Chaussegros de Léry. The plan of the Fort, drawn in 1749, and the Map of the River and Habitations, executed in 1752 are here shown as they appear in Bellin's Petit Atlas Maritime, 1764."--Caption in lower margin.
Note:Relief shown pictorially.
Oriented with north to the upper right.
Facsimile.
Handwritten note on verso dated 6-6-38.
Similar facsimile and caption appear in: Quarterly review : a journal of university perspectives. Volume XLV, number 24, July 22, 1939. Page 315.
Includes inset with index: "Plan du Fort du Detroit."
Call Number:G4114.D4 1752 B4 1938 Map