Isle Massacre ou Dauphine. [1747]

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Isle Massacre ou Dauphine. [1747]

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Map of the French settlement at Dauphin Island in Mobile Bay as it appeared ca. 1719. Includes drawings of individual buildings and two ships offshore; keyed to numbers 1-17; from army officer Dumont de Montigny's 1747 manuscript memoire of his experiences in Louisiana between 1715-1737 (Ayer MS 257).

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 164 x 217 mm.

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