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Louisiana

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\North and Central America\nations\United States\states\

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi, 1721

 Item — Case MC-2, Folder: Map 24
Identifier: 39.557
Scope and Contents This map contains depictions of Louisiana territory and the surrounding areas, such as Florida, Carolina and as north as the Great Lakes. This map also depicts areas near Louisiana as inhabited by Indigenous peoples, such as the Apache and the Padoucas tribes. Inscribed in type, "The Landing Place of Fyrnand Soto in 1539" in middle on recto; Inscribed in type, "Explanation: [house] Habitations of the Indians [asterisk] Promiscuous Nations [plus sign] Nations destroyed [snake emblem] Course...
Dates: 1721

A Map of the Indian Territory, Northern Texas, and New Mexico Showing the Great Western Prairies, 1842 or 1844

 Item — Drawer MC-7, Folder: Map 148
Identifier: 3926.802
Description Josiah Gregg was the trader and writer.From catalog info:Indian Territory/Western United StatesJosiah Gregg (1806-1850)Scale: 1:3,500,000Atlas plate #29 from Sidney E. Morese & Samuel Breese Cerographic Atlas of the United States, 1842, 32 maps. This map also appears in Josiah Gregg's book, Comerese of the Prairies, 1850, facing p.58.Phillips Atlases, vol.1, p.773 (entry #1383).Phillips Maps p.332. ...
Dates: 1842 or 1844

A New & Accurate Map of the Provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, &cc., 1752

 Item — Case MC-2, Folder: Map 35
Identifier: 39.646
Description From catalog info:Southeast United StatesEmaual Bowen (ca.1720-1767), English PublisherA new and accurate map of the provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, etc., drawn from late surveys and regulated from astronomical observations by Emanuel Bowen (map publisher).This map depicts the provinces located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida. This map also includes the area inhabited by the Cherokee Nation, as well as the Appalachian Mountains,...
Dates: 1752

A New Map of Georgia with Part of Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana, 1764

 Item — Case MC-2, Folder: Map 48
Identifier: 3976.654
Description

From catalog info:
Southeast U.S.
Bowen, Emanuel (ca. 1720-1767)
London:(1764)
Scale:1:2,500,000; bar. English & French Leauges 20 to a Degree. 1 inch = 11 units.
[In Harris (John). Navigatium. atque itineratium bibliotheca, or, a completed collection of voyages and travels. fol. London, for T. Osborne, 1764 v. 2 opp. p. 323].
Hargrett Catalog, p.340 under 1764.
Phillips, Maps, p.295
Tooley's Dictionary, p.74.







Dates: 1764

An Accurate Map of Louisiana and the Territory in Dispute between the English and French, 1732 - 1762

 Item — Drawer E-11, Folder: Map 43
Identifier: 3976.555
Description

From catalog info:
G. Rollos (fl. 1754-89) English Engraver.
London: The British Magazine [1760?]
Scale: 1:7,000,000
Not located in Phillips



Dates: 1732 - 1762

Carte des États-Unis d’Amérique, 1830

 Item — Drawer E-12, Folder: Map 117
Identifier: 3976.554
Translated Title

Map of the United States of America



Description

From catalog info:
U.S./Canada/Mexico
Thierry, French Engraver
Paris: [1830]
Scale: 1:15,400,000
Atlas plate no.75 from Geographie Moderne.
Shows Louisiana and Oregon Territory as part of U.S. Oklahoma, shown as part of Arkansas Territory.
Not found in Phillips






Dates: 1830

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 18, 1889

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8358.1-15
Description Newspaper. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, p.254-268. Transcript (DCI) Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper Entered according to active Congress, in the year 1889, by the judge publishing company, in the office of the Library of Congress at Washington, – entered at the post-office, New York, N.Y., as second-class matter. No. 1757.—Vol., LXVIII.] New York – for the week ending May 18, 1889. [Price, 10 cents. $4.00 yearly. 12 weeks,...
Dates: May 18, 1889

General map of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 1794

 Item — Drawer MC-3, Folder: Map 69
Identifier: 3976.655
Description From catalog info:S.E. U.S.A New and General Map of the Southern Dominions Belonging to the United States of Ameria, via Norht Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia:... LA & FLLaurie, Robert (1755-1836) & Whittle, James (d.1818)Colored boundaries.London:Laurie & Whittle, no.53, Fleet Street, 1794Scale: one inch equals 30 miles; 1:3,000,000.Two insets: Charlestown & St. Augustine.$17.50 in pencil on upper right portion of sheet. Plate no.38 on...
Dates: 1794

Letter from Richard to Leigh referencing a hunting trip, the Cody "Gold Rush", Yellowstone Park and Buffalo Bill Museums, and Rockefeller and H. C. Bunpas, 3/1/1931

 Item — Folder 353: [Barcode: 127.353]
Identifier: 3826.2693
Description Folder 353 Transcript (DCI) [first page of multi-page letter] [handwritten in cursive with ink] [stationery with personal letterhead of four lines centered at top of page: “WILL RICHARD”, “SCULPTOR-TAXIDERMIST”, “THE CODY MUSEUM”, “CODY, WYO.”] Mar 1 / 31Dear Leigh: - It looks as tho I never would get around to answer your long letter of over a month ago, but I received it just as I was about to start down to...
Dates: 3/1/1931

Louisiana, 1804

 Item — Drawer E-12, Folder: Map 80
Identifier: 3926.257
Descriptive Title

Map of Louisiana Territory



Description

From catalog info:
Samuel Lewis, Cartographer
Henry Schenk Tanner, Engraver
Philadelphia: J. Conrad & Co. 1804
1:15,000,000
Atlas plate from Arrowsmith & Lewis' New & Elegant General Atlas... 63 maps, 1804
Shows drainage patterns, place names, some Indian Tribes
Phillips Atlases VI p.421 (entry #702, #55)






Dates: 1804