BERNARD ROMANS
ca. 1720-ca. 1784

In 1771, Bernard Romans was engaged to survey the southern portion of what is now the United States, along the Gulf of Mexico, then known as West Florida.  The following article written by H. S. Holbert, published in 1902, deals with a Mississippi map drawn by Roman in 1772.

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The Map

Introduction

Water Courses & Topography