Charts and Plans Illustrating the Topography and Settlements of Louisiana, and the Progressive Development of New Orleans Collected & Classified from Original Works

Subject

Collection of maps dated 1719-1798. Colonial Louisiana, New Orleans, Missisippi River delta; Gulf Coast from Mississippi River delta to Mobile, Ala.

Date
1719-1798 (historical)
Mapmaker
New Orleans Lithographic Co.; from original works by Deslisle, Trudeau, Pittman, Laval, Bellin, Duin
Publisher

Jones, Joseph, M.D., compiler

Place of Publication

New Orleans, La.

Accession Number
1815
Condition
Poor. Acidified, browning, tape damage. Needs conservation.
Curatorial Notes

Other copies located 10181;T0055.1997.0381-T0055.1997.0382. We have most of these titles in the collection. Earlier curatorial note that this is from Joseph Jones, M.D., 1890, "Medical and Surgical Memoires." Vol. 3, prt. 1.

Insets
1. Carte de la Côte de la Louisiane depuis L' Embouchure du Mississipi [sic] (De Serigny) (1719-20.) Insets: Vue de la Nouvelle Orléans en 1719; Embouchures du Mississipi (Deslisle)
2. Plan of the City of New Orleans and Adjacent Plantations (Trudeau) (1798)
3. Carte de la Coste de la Louisiane depuis l'embouchure de la Riviere de Micissipi [sic] Jusques a la Pointe de la Mobile (P. Laval)
4. Golfe du Mexique (from "Carte de la Louisian," Le Page du Pratz) (1758)
5. Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans Sur les Manuscrits du Dépot des Cartes de la Marine (Belin) (1744)
6. Partie de la Coste de la Louisiana depuis le Mississipi [sic] Jus qua St. Marc d'Apalache (Bellin) (1744)
7. Nouvelle Orleans Capitale de la Louisiane (Le Page du Pratz) (1720)
8. Plan of New Orleans in 1770 by Captain Pittman of the British Army
9. Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans telle qu'elle etait en May 1728
10. Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans Capitale de la Louisiane (Duinond) (1753?)
Notes

Compiled by Joseph Jones, M. D., January 1882.

Media Type
mounted on cloth
Size
17 3/4 x 24
Storage
c01d06