Anonymous
1822

Notable manuscript Louisiana map - early 19th

Manuscript Louisiana map - early 19th school girl

DESCRIPTION: A notable manuscript map of Louisiana by, according to the seller, "a schoolgirl" in Tallmadge, Ohio. Sold from a lot of other maps, one with the attribution: "Tallmadge [Ohio ?] Febr. 7, 1822". The map is notable for the inaccuracies, archaic place names, and a surprising included waterway.

First, the inaccuracy. The land west of the Sabine River, or Texas, was not a British Dominion. In 1822, after Mexico gained independence from Spain a year earlier, the land was Mexican Texas. Second, in 1817 the State of Mississippi was admitted to the Union. The Mississippi Territory was divided into the State of Mississippi and State of Alabama (1819).

Finally, it is very surprising to see the Iberville River (Bayou Manchac) on this map. Today, Bayou Manchac is a shallow eighteen mile long Bayou but when the French arrived in Louisiana the waterway was the "rivière d'Iberville", an important channel in the area's transportation network. In 1814 Bayou Manchac was closed to the Mississippi and was no longer navigable.

CREATOR: Anonymous

PUBLICATION DATE: 1822

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Gulf of Mexico

CONDITION: Fair.  Dirty edges, light stains, age-toning. A few missing areas in the margins as shown

COLORING: Original hand coloring.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 7 " x 6 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 200

PRICE: $325

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