Extrait de la Carte des Voyages de M. de la Salle par Franquelin [en] 1684

Subject

Mississippi River from Natchez south to the river delta; La Salle's expedition; location of Indian tribes along the river: Taensa (Tensas), Natchez, Koroa, Oumma (Houma), Kenipessa, Oughiloussa (Opelousas), Thcoutchouma, Mino, Tanzibao, Ouchata (Washita), Mahe Ouala (Bayou Goula)

Date

1684 (historical)

Mapmaker

Avril frères, engraver; Janson, printer

Publisher

Thomassy, [Marie Joseph] R[aymond]

Place of Publication

New Orleans and Paris

Accession Number

not applicable

Condition

fair.

Curatorial Notes

LHC stacks, call # 557.63

Notes

Plate #I, figure 1 from Thomassy's 1860 "Géologie Pratique de La Louisiane." Thomassy (1810-1863), a French hydraulic engineer, visited Louisiana and became interested in the Mississippi River and the state's coastal area. Thomassy's work was the first to describe the state's salt domes and to attempt to explain the origin of saltwater intrusions in Louisiana waterways.

Media Type

bound in book

Size

7 3/4 x 7 3/4

Storage

LHC call # 557.63