Lower Mississippi Valley 1720

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Lower Mississippi Valley map showing the region in 1720. Lower Mississippi Valley French map showing New Orleans and the Lower Mississippi Valley, ca. 1720. The image features a plan of the Vieux Carre. The draftsman overlaid the city plan on top of a map of the larger region. The regional map shows waterways stemming from the Mississippi River. The map description and commentary are in French. Plan of the city This map is dated as 1720. While that's close enough to develop a sense of the region at the time, it is off by at least a couple of years....