Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America, nach den sichersten Bestimmungen, neusten Nachrichten und Charten, in der Alber'schen Projection entworsen, Die [United States of America, from the latest reports and charts]

Subject

United States, east of the Mississippi, Orleans Territory, Louisiana, Mississippi Territory, German settlements along the Mississippi River, Isleño settlement of Louisiana's "Galveston," Louisiana Purchase divided into its three parts: Orleans, Mississippi, Louisiana

Date
1809
Mapmaker
Reichard, C[hristian] G[ottlieb Theophil]; C. Trummer, engraver
Publisher

Homann Heirs

Place of Publication

Nuremberg

Accession Number
1981.147.001
Condition
Good. Conserved 1992.
Curatorial Notes

Nice outline color

Market Value
1981 Oct: purchased from Walter Reuben, Inc., $350.00
Notes

Delineates German settlements along the Mississippi River, and the Isleño settlement of "Galveston," in present day Ascension Parish, near the junction of the Amite and Manchac Rivers, now a small hamlet known as Galvez, La. The land acquired by the Louisiana Purchase is shown divided into its three parts: Orleans (in the south, most of which became present-day Louisiana), Mississippi (which became Missouri, Kansas, etc.) and Louisiana (in the north, which became Iowa, Nebraska, etc.).

Size
22 3/4 x28
Storage
c04d03