Historic Map : Burr Map of Louisiana, 1834, Vintage Wall Art

Historic Map : Burr Map of Louisiana, 1834, Vintage Wall ArtThis is a beautiful 1834 first edition map of Louisiana by David H. Burr. Shows river ways, roads, canals, swamps and some topographical features. Offers color coding at the county level. Various American Indian villages noted throughout the state but particularly in the western part. Identifies Natchitoches, Louisiana, and its sister city Narogdoches, Texas. According to Ristow, although Burr is credited on the title page, he left this atlas

This is a beautiful 1834 first edition map of Louisiana by David H. Burr. Shows river ways, roads, canals, swamps and some topographical features. Offers color-coding at the county level. Various American Indian villages noted throughout the state but particularly in the western part. Identifies Natchitoches, Louisiana, and its sister city Narogdoches, Texas.

According to Ristow, although Burr is credited on the title page, he left this atlas incomplete. He was appointed as topographer to the U.S. Post Office, and of the siin xty-three maps finally included in this atlas, only completed eight. The rest of the maps were then completed by Illman and Pilbrow in Burr's style. This map was ‘Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1834 by Thomas Illman in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York', but was not published until the atlas was released in 1835. Published by D. S. Stone in Burr's New Universal Atlas.