Plan du fort de l'isle de la Balise : ou l'on à marqué tres éxactement les ouvrages qui sont faits ex ceux qui restent à faire, par des coulers differentes, avec une explication de la solidité de sont terrein, et de chaque chose, par lettres alphabetiques et chiffres, et relatif au procés verb

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Plan du fort de l'isle de la Balise : ou l'on à marqué tres éxactement les ouvrages qui sont faits ex ceux qui restent à faire, par des coulers differentes, avec une explication de la solidité de sont terrein, et de chaque chose, par lettres alphabetiques et chiffres, et relatif au procés verbal qui en à èté fait pour la seconde fois en consequence. [ca. 1726]

Plan of Fort Balise on Toulouse Island (later submerged), located at the mouth of the Southeast Pass of the Mississippi River Delta; cf. Roberts, R.B. Encyclopedia of historic forts (1988). Includes "Explication" with references A-I, K-T, V, and X-Z, comprised of 71 lines of notes divided between the left margin and title cartouche.

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 511 x 1,057 mm.

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