03704nem a22005533i 4500 22132199 20250607110302.2 m |o c | cr ||||||||||| 210708s1720 xx |||||| a |o | fre 22132199 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-816 2021668639 (WDL)15491 DLC eng DLC fre 912 Map of Louisiana, View of New Orleans. Carte de la Louisiane, vue de la Nouvelle-Orléans [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1720. 1 online resource. cartographic image cri rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. "Scale 1:5,800,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library. Original resource extent: 1 map : manuscript, color ; 66 x 50 centimeters. The French royal engineer, de Beauvilliers, drew this 1720 map of the entire hydrographic network of the Mississippi River, from the Illinois Country to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico, and the regions west of the Mississippi, stretching through present-day Texas and into New Mexico. The map was made in Paris, based on the journal of Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe (1683--1765), "commander on the Red River." De la Harpe was a French officer, trader, and explorer who explored much of present-day Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. He sailed from his native Saint Malo to New Orleans in April 1718. He was sent by the governor of Louisiana to establish a trading post on and explore the upper reaches of the Red River. He followed the river upstream, becoming the first European explorer to enter the present-day state of Oklahoma. De la Harpe encountered Indians of many tribes, including Wichita, Osage, and Apache. He returned to New Orleans in January 1720 and from there to France, where he circulated a detailed account of his travels. The map shows de La Harpe's route, rivers, Indian villages with the numbers of their inhabitants, Spanish missions, and locations where boeuf sauvages (bison) were plentiful. An inset map at the upper left shows the Mississippi River and its entrance into the gulf. Inset within the inset is an illustration of the city of New Orleans. Original resource at: National Library of France. Content in French. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1720 Exploration and encounters Indians of North America Indigenous peoples Manuscript maps Mississippi River Mississippi River Valley Beauvilliers, de, died 1730 Cartographer. Bénard de la Harpe, Jean-Baptiste, 1683-1765 Contributor. United States of America Arkansas United States of America Illinois United States of America Louisiana United States of America Louisiana New Orleans United States of America Mississippi United States of America Missouri United States of America New Mexico United States of America Oklahoma United States of America Tennessee United States of America Texas gdcwdl wdl_15491 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.15491 wdl/wdlpartner/wdlfrance s-Online Electronic Resource