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The Bay of Port-au-Prince in the late 18th century; map by Major Pechon, a French Royalist employed by the British army in Saint-Domingue. [detail]

Title: Carte générale de la partie Françoise de l'Isle de St Domingue, assujettie aux observations astronomiques de Messieurs de Puysegur, de Borda & de Verdun & dediee a l'Honorable Thomas Maitland, Brigadier General &c. Par le Major Pechon, Ingenieur &c. 1798.

The map was created in 1798 and published in London in 1799.

Reference: Pechon. (1799). ''Carte generale de la partie Francoise de l'Isle de St Domingue [today: Haiti],assujettie aux observations astronomiques de Messieurs de Puysegur, de Borda & de Verdun & dediee a l'Honorable Thomas Maitalnd, Brigadier General &c. Par le Major Pechon, Ingenieur &c. 1798.'' London: Wilkinson.