Map 1814-15 New Orleans. - Public domain vintage map

Shows the Bayou Bienvenue stretching from Lake Pontchartrain to Lake Borgne, part of the Mississippi River, canals, and lines of battles and encampments.

Title from verso.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor, on 4 separate sheets of paper pasted together, sectioned in two, and mounted on cardboard backed by cloth.

"Presented to Major John Reid by Maunsel White, January 28, 1815."

Imperfect: Fold lined, with losses along folds, lacking both bottom corners and upper left corner, and tears along the side borders of the map.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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01/01/1815

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Public Domain