Plan de la Nouvelle - Orleans
Sub-Title
Sur les Manuscrits du Dépôt des Cartes de la Marine
Subject
New Orleans; location of public buildings, moat (never built) surrounding the city.
Date
[1744]
Mapmaker
[Bellin, Jacques Nicolas], Dheulland, sculptor
Publisher
[Ganeau, Veuve]
Place of Publication
[Paris]
Accession Number
T0019.1994.002.09
Condition
Good; some foxing
Curatorial Notes
Other copies located 1982.077.159, 00901, T0055.1997.0313; other versions, editions located 1980.014.007, T0055.1997.0279, 1956.514. 1997.078.019. Label from 1996 exhibition: Like the three Villages Buffalo Skin, this map identifies the location of public buildings and a moat (never constructed), surrounding mid-eighteenth-century New Orleans. The "Vieux Carré" retains this colonial layout.
Market Value
2001, May: The Map House of London, Cat. # 5897, $750.00
1998 Nov: NO auction, item 1130, estimate 300/500
1982 appraisal for 1982.077.159: $100.00 (map only)
1998 Nov: NO auction, item 1130, estimate 300/500
1982 appraisal for 1982.077.159: $100.00 (map only)
Notes
From F. P. Xavier Charlevoix's 1744 "Histoire de la Nouvelle France," vol. 2
Media Type
bound in book
Size
7 1/2 x 11
Storage
c06d04/vault