Grondvlakte van Nieuw Orleans de Hoofdstad van Louisiana [Plan of New Orleans, the Capitol of Louisiana]

Subject

New Orleans; Mississippi River delta, location of buildings; Fort Balize

Date

1769 (historical)

Mapmaker

[Tirion, Isaac]

Publisher

[Tirion, Isaac]

Place of Publication

[Amsterdam]

Accession Number

1973.038.020

Condition

Excellent

Curatorial Notes

See Phillips, Vol. 1, p. 345, #600. Other copies (Dutch) located 02042; 1982.077.149; 1997.078.026. English edition located 09350.02. The "Fort that Commands the Channel" noted in the title of the lower right inset was Fort Balize (meaning buoy or beacon in French). Louisiana's first Spanish governor, Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795), took possession of the new Spanish colony on January 20, 1767, at this site.

Insets

1. De Uitloop van de Rivier Missisippi (sic) [The Course of the River Mississippi] 2. De Oostelyke ingang van de Missisippi met een Plan van het Fort, 't welk het Kanaal beheerscht [The Eastern Entrance of the Mississippi with a Design of the Fort that Commands the Channel]

Notes

Original map was Plate 112 from Tiron's "Nieuwe en Beknopte Hand Atlas." The map of New Orleans was probably taken from Thomas Jeffreys map published 10 years earlier. A key identifies 13 structures. Fort la Balise [Balize] is located on the river delta map.

Media Type

acetate for overhead projectio

Size

13 x 17 1/2

Storage

c01d01