Luisiana, La
Sub-Title
cedida al rei N. S. Por S. M. Christianisima con la Nueva Orleans, è Isla en que se halla esta Ciudad. Construida sobre Mapa de Mr. D'Anville.
Subject
Colonial Louisiana; Spanish Louisiana; many Indian tribes and rivers located; New Orleans; Missisippi River
Date
1762
Mapmaker
Lopez, Thomas
Place of Publication
Madrid
Accession Number
1982.001.027.05
Condition
Good. Some staining, upper right corner, some foxing bottom margin.
Insets
1) Plano de la Nueva Orleans Segun el de M. Bellin 2) Suplemento del Rio Misissipi, hasta donde se cononce su curso [the River Mississippi from where it begins]
Market Value
1982 Sep $2,400
Notes
Because the Spanish did not have much information about the Louisiana Territory which was ceded to them by France after the French and Indian War they relied upon maps drawn by earlier French cartographers.
Size
15 1/2 x 15
Storage
c03d01