Map of the St Louis River (Mississippi R) from New Orleans to its Mouth (1732) |
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| Date: | 1732 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (5.98mb) |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
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Quite beautiful map of the mouth of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Head of Passes.
Me and my buddy Seth got to go down there a couple years ago. Fulfilled a lifelong dream that had been started in me as a boy looking at the road atlas.
Had intended to make it all the way down to Pilottown [gmap], but as anyone who has ever tried can tell you: you can't drive to Pilottown, regardless of what any map tries to say. Asking about how best to do this nearly got us laughed out of Venice [gmap]. Still, all told, it was even better than I had thought it would be.
Then again, on that same trip, the following happened:
...which has caused me a lot of angst, even upon reflection, and even all these years later. It was quite vexing.
For more map resources and imagery from this period in New Orleans's history, check out the Louisiana Historical Society's website.
