335 Pelican Ave. New Orleans, LA. It appeared shortly after the Louisiana Purchase and provided significant detailed information not available on previous maps. Identifies British and French colonies, as well as Louisiana and Florida. Shows location of the City of Baton Rouge and an inset of the city, showing State University, Old Protestant Graveyard, Penitentiary, Magnolia Cemetery, National Cemetery, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Blind Asylum, and Main Electric Railroad, Churches, and Public Buildings. Map extending from New Orleans to Ohio River, and from Savannah, Georgia to central Missouri. Copy of a hand-drawn map extending from the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Barataria region, including Barataria Bay, and north of New Orleans. Additional information reads: "Im Verlag des Landes Indust. Map showing Lakes Pontchartrain And Maurepas, and the settlements along their coasts including New Orleans. Map of southern Louisiana showing New Orleans, the rest of Orleans Parish, and parts of Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne, Lake Catherine, Jefferson Parish, Saint Bernard Parish, Saint Tammany Parish, and the Mississippi River. Scale ca. Map of the continent of North America showing Canada, the United States, and most of Mexico. It runs on the Islandora open-source digital repository software. Maps from the Historic New Orleans Collection, Le Cours du Mississipi ou de St. Louis Fameuse Riviere de l'Amerique Septentrionale aux environs de laquelle se trouve le Pais, Le Mississippi ou La Louisiane dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, Les Costes Aux Environs De La Riviere de Misisipi, Decouvertes par Mr. de la Salle en 1683 et reconnues par Mr. le Chevallier d'Iberville en 1698, Map Showing the Landing of the British Army, Map Showing the Location of the New Orleans Pacific Railway, Map of Carrollton, Greenville & New Carrollton accompanied by a Chart of New Orleans and Vicinity, Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi, Map of Mobile Point and Part of the Bay and of Dauphine Island Showing the Position of the British Land and Naval Forces, Map of Old New Orleans, Showing Location of the Old Houses, Map of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Map of the Parishes of Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and Iberville Including Parts of the Parishes of Saint Martins and Ascension in Louisiana, Map of the State of Louisiana Including the Central and Southern Portions of the State of Mississippi, Map of the State of Louisiana Showing Bayous, Rivers, Early Trails, and Important Plantations, Map of the State of Louisiana With Part Of The Mississippi Territory, Map of the State of Louisiana with Part of the State of Mississippi and Alabama Territory, New Map of Georgia with Part of Florida, Louisiana, and Carolina, New Orleans General Guide and Land Intelligence, New Orleans, Second Port of the U.S.A., Air Hub of the Americas, Norman's Chart of the Lower Mississippi River, Norman's Plan of New Orleans and Environs, Norman's Plan of New Orleans and Environs 1845, Panorama of the Mississippi Valley and Its Fortifications, Perspective View of New Orleans and Environs from the South, Plan De La Nouvelle Orleans, Telle Qu'elle Etait Le 1er. Shows all plantations and owners (sugar and cotton designated by color). (i) Central map depicts area of the city and suburbs from Faubourg de La Fayette, or Lafayette City, on the west to Faubourg Clouet on the east and includes Faubourg Saint Mary, the Vieux Carre, and Marigny. No scales are given. The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is the front door to Louisiana's digital cultural heritage. Charting Louisiana, published by the Historic New Orleans Collection to celebrate the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase, is an unprecedented compilation of 193 high-quality reproductions of important maps illustrating the development of Louisiana from the early sixteenth century to the present, along with historical essays providing a broader context for understanding the maps. Permission to publish and acquire images or requests for more information about materials that you find in the LDL should be directed to the institution that contributed the item to the LDL. Louisiana Historical Maps and Atlases. 2 Position your mouse over the map and use your mouse-wheel to zoom in or out. Properties owned by Barthlmy Lafon are painted pink, and others properties are grey. Reviews (504) 581-6943. This inset in the lower left corner features a view of New Orleans in 1719. At the right is an illustration of the state of the fort at the time of the drawing. It runs on the Islandora open-source digital repository software. It extends from Natchitoches and Natchez south to the coast. Hardee's New Geographical and Statistical Official Map of Louisiana Embracing Portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas. It also provides two tables of distances, one being "Distances navigable by steam on Mississippi River and its principal branches." Map shows fortified French Quarter city and the Mississippi River, out to the area including Lake Pontchartrain. Scale approximately 1:5,000,000 (1" = 80 miles). It depicts the islands, navigable channels, inlets, and rivers between Mobile Bay and Lake Pontchartrain. The Gulf coast is shown in detail. Railroad map showing the lines of the Southern Pacific across the United States and northern Mexico. It also includes works by noted cartographers Jacques Nicolas Bellin, the Bleau family, Father Louis Hennepin, Gerhard Mercator, and Abraham Ortelius. Learn about the history of the 200 slaves … Map of Louisiana produced by the Department of Agriculture and Immigration. Many of the items in this shop can only be found at The Historic New Orleans Collection. The Louisiana Digital Library is a service provider only and has no authority to grant permission to publish or supply high-resolution images. Visit Website. Established in 1966, The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center and publisher that preserve history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region. A U. S. Mail ship, a lighthouse, and other ships are shown. Hand colored map of America east of the Mississippi River, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Reprinted 1764 map of Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, and the Carolina territories. By 1732, the fortification project had been abandoned. Map of Louisiana showing waterways and towns. Original description from top of piece: "Elevation d'une batte des Boucheries prise sur la Longueur". Taken on an expedition to the Illinois in the latter part of the year 1765 by Lieutenant Ross of the 34th Regiment. 7. In the upper left there is a vignette of Niagara Falls and in the lower right a cartouche featuring an Indian, a buffalo, and a pelican. Plan of New Orleans. Based on earlier French maps by D'Anville and Bellin. The Louisiana Digital Library platform has been developed by LSU Libraries on behalf of the Louisiana Digital Consortium. General and Mrs. L. Kemper Williams, collectors of Louisiana materials, established the institution in 1966 to keep their collection intact and available for research and exhibition to the public. Shows the city and the east bank of the river with plantation owners and waterways noted. Members include public libraries, academic libraries, museums, and archives from arcross the state. Le Marie par Guillaume De l'Isle. Map showing East Baton Rouge Parish bordered by the Mississippi River and Amite River, Bayou Mancha and East Feliciana Parish line. Since then considerable additions have been made including a wide range of maps dating from early colonial times to the present. Change the way events are displayed. Samuel Lewis based his drawing for this map on the work of Saint Louis surveyor Antoine Soulard. Map showing the route of the Mississippi and showing places along its route including French settlements, Indian tribes, cities, forts and tributaries; more detail in southeast Louisiana; soundings shown in Gulf of Mexico. Early map showing the Gulf of Mexico and adjoining bays and landmasses: Bay of Campeche, the Yucatan, part of Cuba, Gulf of Florida, New Spain, and the "Great Bay" of Mexico. The Historic New Orleans Collection, a museum and research center. Rivers, settlements, and towns are labeled in French. Map of Louisiana showing bayous, rivers, early trails, surrounded by inserts of pictures of plantation houses. A unique museum gift shop located in the French Quarter that offers reproduction maps and prints, jewelry and gifts by local artists and our own publications as well as many other titles related to the culture and history of New Orleans and Louisiana. LSU Libraries' Technology Initiatives: lsudiglib@lsu.edu. The Historic New Orleans Collection has extensive holdings of significant manuscript and printed maps. This plan was copied in 1804 from one drawn in 1800 by Gilberto Guillemand for Pierre Laussat. 1811 plan of a tract of land between the Mississippi River and present-day Decatur Street, and present-day Canal Street and Bienville Street. Lakes are featured with descriptions of fish found in them. To find the contact who can help you, find the field called "Contact Information" next to the image of interest to you. Woodcut map providing an obviously inaccurate bird's-eye view of Louisiana's gulf coast. The small central gallery at the Historic New Orleans Collection museum on Chartres Street is a time portal to the beatnik era. The map is in two parts. Zoom in on the map to locate your property. The map's left and right edges are charred, possibly by the August 1719 fire that destroyed the Dauphine in Pensacola Bay. Early map of Louisiana and the Eastern coast of America. See possible cartoon for map, 1981.214 i-iii; for Dutch versions see: 00.18 i-iii, 1953.31 i-iii, 1971.36 i-iii, and 1976.127 i-iii; for Dutch hand-drawn version see: 1955.48 i-iii. (i) Map of New Orleans with Gentilly Terrace subdivision indicated in red; verso (ii) plat of Gentilly Terrace showing property lines; real estate agents for the area were Baccich and DeMontluzin. The Westbank of the Mississippi River is illustrated and includes the neighborhoods of Algiers, McDonoghville and Gretna. Coastal areas are shown in great detail, with shoals, barrier islands, and depths indicated. Such an audience would possess little information to confirm or deny the accuracy of his presentation. The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is composed of collections from many different institutions. Copy of a map showing the City of New Orleans, its' fortifications, and surrounding environs. Bird's-eye-view of New Orleans looking across the Mississippi River toward Lake Pontchartrain showing most of the urban area with much detail. The bottom half of the map shows the southern Mississippi River and the coast from Charleston to Rio de Garde, Mexico. Wide area map illustrating the route taken by the invading British force from Lake Borgne, along Bayous Catalan (Bienvenue) and Mazant to the Viller Canal, as they approached New Orleans from downriver. 4.3. Historical Maps. No scale. 1:1,500,000. Rising Sun Bed & Breakfast. Map of the Mississippi River, which divides the area from Saint Louis to the Gulf of Mexico into four panels, depicting forts, islands, tributaries, cities, and villages, and including county and parish names. Photostat of list of inhabitants of New Orleans, accompanying Gonichon's May 1728 map. Manuscript chart of the northern Gulf Coast based on a survey done from mid-August to November 1715, possibly on the French brig Dauphine, on which the mapmaker served as a pilot. in America Septentionali, Carte De L'Adjonction Progressive des Divers États au Territoires Et A L'Union Constitutionelle Des États-Unis De L'Amérique Du Nord, Carte De La Louisiane Et Du Cours Du Mississipi [sic], Carte Du Canada Et De La Louisiane Qui Forment La Nouvelle France Et Des Colonies Angloises, Carte Générale du Territoire D'Orléans Comprenant aussi la Floride Occidentale et une Portion du Territoire Du Mississipi, Carte de la Cote de la Louisiane depuis l'Embouchure du Mississipi jusqu'a la Baye de Pensacola, Carte de la Côte de la Loüisiane depuis la Côte du Oüest de la Floride jusqu'a l'Oüest de la Rivière du Mississipy, Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours de Mississipi, City Of New Orleans, and The Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain In Distance, Copy and Translation From the Original Spanish Plan dated 1798 Showing the City of New Orleans, Copy and Translation from the Original Spanish Plan Dated 1798, Showing the City of New Orleans, Its Fortifications And Environs April 1875, Copy and Translation from the Original Spanish Plan dated 1798 showing the City of New Orleans, Its fortifications and Environs, Correct Map of the Railway and Steamship Lines Operated by the Southern Pacific Company, Correct Map of the United States of North America Including the British and Spanish Territories, Course of the River Mississipi from the Balise [sic] to Fort Chartres, Course of the River Mississipi from the Balise to Fort Charles, Department of Agriculture and Immigration's Map Of Louisiana, Diagram showing the Inundated District - Sauve's Crevasse May 3rd 1849, Dr. F. V. Hopkins' Preliminary Geological Map of Louisiana, Elevation of Meat Market of the French Market, General Map Of The Parish Of Orleans Showing Location Of Outfalls And Portions To Be Drained, General Map of the Seat of War in Louisiana and West Florida. Map focusing on Gulf Coast area and Gulf of Mexico compiled from the United States Coast Surveys with topography from plats on file in the General Land Office and soundings made in feet instead of inches. The Historic New Orleans Collection currently has two campuses comprising a total of 10 different historic buildings. Printed plan showing the position of Fort Bowyer and the British land and naval forces that captured it in February 1815. First edition of map of North America showing East Coast of the United States, Great Lakes, part of Canada, Gulf of Mexico, and inset of Mississippi River and Mobile titled Carte Particuliere Des Embouchures De LaRivie S. Louis Et De La Mobile. (iv) Shows the first district, the area of the Vieux Carre, with buildings and lot number and a key to the owners of each lot. Hand drawn plan of a several block area in the French Quarter and Faubourg Saint Mary, bordered by Gravier Street., Bourbon Street., Bienville Street., and the Mississippi River. It is probably in the collection of the French National Archive. Names major rivers, Indian tribes and cities including New Orleans. (iii) New Orleans and its Environs. (ii) Inset river scene showing steamboats, ships, and the New Orleans skyline along the Mississippi River. Those collections include maps and large amounts of documentation about the Spanish and French colonial times. The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is the front door to Louisiana's digital cultural heritage. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Map cover with ca. Information about the Louisiana Digital Consortium can be found here: http://louisianadigitalconsortium.org. Restaurants near The Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans on Tripadvisor: Find traveler reviews and candid photos of dining near The Historic New Orleans Collection in New Orleans, Louisiana. The map is based on the famous 1718 Delisle "mother map" of the Mississippi Valley, the Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi Dressee sur un gran nombre de Memoires entrau tres sur ceux de Mr. This project brings together materials from LSU Libraries Special Collections, The Historic New Orleans Collection, the Louisiana Research Collection in Tulane University Special Collections, the Historical Center at the Louisiana State Museum, and the Louisiana Division of the New Orleans Public Library. The area of Baxa (Lower) Louisiana is shaded and demarcated by various waterways; it does not include areas later claimed by Spain after the Louisiana Purchase. Louisiana (base map) JPEG format (452K) Parish boundaries and names, parish seats, rivers. This trove of local historic treasures features free changing exhibitions. The map includes rivers, bayous, and lakes and passes to the Mississippi River. The date of the transfer was July 1, 1731. Map showing the course of the Mississippi River from the Balise to Fort Charles. The view from east to west extends from Jackson Barracks and the Slaughterhouse to past the riverbend at Upperline Street. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The LDL is built with Islandora, an open source digital library system based on Fedora, Drupal, and Solr. The incomplete moat appears on this manuscript map, which was copied from Gonichons plan of a few years earlier. 1937; Vol. Inset shows parishes south of Lake Pontchartrain. Map showing the route of the New Orleans Pacific Railway through Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Permission to publish and acquire images or requests for more information about materials that you find in the LDL should be directed to the institution that contributed the item to the LDL. Get directions, reviews and information for The Historic New Orleans Collection in New Orleans, LA. The Historic New Orleans Collection has extensive holdings of significant manuscript and printed maps. The Louisiana Digital Library is a service provider only and has no authority to grant permission to publish or supply high-resolution images. If your property is located in a shaded area, then you are in a local historic district. Since then considerable additions have been made including a wide range of maps dating from early colonial times to the present. Its permanent collection features over 40,000 works of art, from the Italian Renaissance to the modern era. Map of New Orleans and the surrounding area, with hotels, banks, exchanges, churches, public schools, theatres, hospitals, markets, cotton presses, and other public buildings shown. Early map showing European settlements in North America from the Mississippi River to Newfoundland. The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region. This detailed manuscript map shows the lower half of what would become the modern state of Louisiana. Acquisition was begun by The Collection's founder, General L. Kemper Williams, in the 1920s and 1930s. Sheet is from an unbound atlas. Inset are small panoramic views of Saint Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans. Compt. Located in New Orleans, La., it operates a museum, which includes the Williams gallery and the Louisiana history galleries. Map of Lake Borgne and the approaches of Cat Island to Pointe Aux Herbes. Known rivers, geographic features, and large cities are named. New Orleans, LA 70119. (ii) The Mississippi River from its' entrance to the City of New Orleans. Thanks for your interest in the Louisiana Digital Library. Also shows an inset map of the mouth of the Mississippi River. It was taken from a plate orginally made by Johann Baptist Homann between 1718 and 1724. Sixteen piece map on cloth, depicting New Orleans and surrounding area. Early map of North America dedicated to Anthony Hammond, Commissioner of the British Navy. To find the contact who can help you, find the field called "Contact Information" next to the image of interest to you. Early map of the Eastern present day United States including the then territories of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi. Sugar mills with owners and lumber mills are noted. Also by this date, the Louisiana colony had been transferred to the king of France from the Company of the Indies, the bankrupt firm responsible for the initial settlement of the territory and the founding of New Orleans. 1, no. (i) Street map of the first, second, and third municipalities, or the Vieux Carr, Faubourg Marigny, and Faubourg Saint Mary. Vignettes around map include (i) title, (ii) Cotton Plantation, (iii) New Orleans (view from Esplanade looking upriver, shows levee scene and French Market), (iv) Sugar Plantation, and (v) Baton Rouge (port scene). Map of the state of Louisiana with political boundries and geologic development noted in various shades of watercolor. Early map of the coast of Louisiana to West Florida. After the Natchez massacre of 1729, authorities attempted to fortify New Orleans. The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is composed of collections from many different institutions. Lower Mississippi River visible. Le Maire in his Memoires 1717. Founded in 1966 by General L. Kemper Williams and his wife Leila, the Historic New Orleans Collection (HNOC) has a mission of preserving the French Quarter and New Orleans history. Marauding natives are shown brandishing bows and arrows. The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region. Map of New Orleans with key of prominent buildings below. Each institution contributes the digital items and the descriptive text for their collections. Lakes Pontchartrain, Maurepas, Borgne, Salvador, and Lery are shown. Piece shows elevation of the side and front of the meat market building, as well as a plan of the building. An index runs along the right side of the map. Weimar, 1803.". Other works depict the Mississippi River and her delta, other Louisiana waterways, the Battle of New Orleans and the Civil War, the Gulf of Mexico, the circum-Caribbean … The top half shows the northern Mississippi River, and the Great Lakes area, and also has an inset of the southernmost part of the river and the coastlines of what are now east Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Map of Louisiana showing all of the parishes and waterways. (Credit: The Historic New Orleans Collection) The exhibit runs from February through August 25. Cartouche is illustrated with two vignettes of men shooting as if in a war. The Louisiana Division's Map Collection includes original, blueprint, and published maps, plans, surveys, and other cartographic documents. Map appeared in book published in 1760. The Louisiana Digital Library platform has been developed by LSU Libraries on behalf of the Louisiana Digital Consortium. This map represents the first effort to portray the geology of Louisiana. 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