Plan of New Orleans & its Environs, A
New Orleans; some public buildings located; Faubourg St. Marie (St. Mary); landowners outside French Quarter are identified.
New Orleans, La.
Other copies located T0055.1997.0304-6. See M558 for original. See "Encyclopedia if New Orleans Artists" for additional information re Woiseri.
Label from 1996 exhibition of the original:
The first expansion of the city of New Orleans beyond the boundaries of the Vieux carre was to the west into an area known as Faubourg St. Marie (St. Mary). This map shows that the first few streets of the present-day central business district of New Orleans were also laid out in a grid. Published in the year of the Louisiana Purchase, this map features an illustration depicting the enlightenment of Europe by the newly-expanded United States. A seated Roman warrior gazes upward toward an eagle in flight. The bird carries in its beak a United States flag being fifteen stars, the number of states in the union in 1796. Some experts believe the cartouche signifies the United States enlightenment of Indians. According to this interpretation the figure represents a highly classicized rendition of Native Americans.