Carte de l'Isle à Vache / Beauvilliers, chr. de St. Louis, ingenieur ordr. du roy et son gentilhomme servant. 1723.

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Carte de l'Isle à Vache / Beauvilliers, chr. de St. Louis, ingenieur ordr. du roy et son gentilhomme servant. 1723.

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.

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 530 x 380 mm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7596721

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