Lloyd's Map of the Lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico

Subject

Mississippi River, sugar and cotton plantations, steamboat landings, sand bars, bayous, cut-offs, steamboats, fortifications, railroads, transportation.

Date

1862

Mapmaker

Bowen, Captains Bart. and William, Pilots of Twenty Years' experience on that River

Publisher

Lloyd, J. T.

Place of Publication

New York

Accession Number

1996.003.001.23

Condition

Good. Slight tear, sheet 2 and 3; some paper loss along edges.

Curatorial Notes

Original stored LHC vault; please use photocopy in c6d4; photos are of lower (Louisiana) portions only.

Notes

Compiled from government surveys in the Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C. Revised and corrected to the present time...Exhibiting the Sugar and Cotton Plantations, Cities, Towns, Landings, Sand Bars, Islands, Bluffs, Bayous, Cut-offs, the Steamboat Channel, Mileage, Fortifications, Railroads, &c. along the River.

Published for use by river pilots/steamboat captains.

Media Type

mounted on wooden rollers

Size

175 x 10

Storage

c06d04/vault