Subject: Gulf Coast
Period: 1788 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Black & White
Size:
19.4 x 12.1 inches
49.3 x 30.7 cm
This is the English version of d'Anville's 1732 Carte de la Louisiane, drawn by Haywood and engraved by Bowen. The map focuses on the Mississippi Delta, showing the Red River as far as Adayes, a Spanish garrison of the Province of Tecas. The coastal area extends in the east from Cape San Blas and Apalachicola Bay (C. Escondido) to an area named Cabo del Norte shown with a small island off the cape. It names New Orleans, Fort Conde, Pensacola, Fort Louis and Mobiliens. The map has many notations of towns destroyed by battles, both Indian and French. The northern portion of Louisiana is illustrated in an inset.
References: Sellers & Van Ee #1616; cf. Lemmon, Magill & Wiese #24.
Condition: B+
Issued folding with some light creasing adjacent to the folds and a faint dampstain at center. There is a large chip and an additional dampstain both confined to the bottom blank margin.