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Naturalist Maps of Louisiana showing the state's position over time, the ecoregions, climatic zones, drainage basins, physiographic details, vegetation zones, regional names, intra-coastal and other waterways, coastal wetland changes, Mississippi River Al.
Apr 22, 2021 · This collection includes over 25,000 state and local maps, both current and historical. Explore all the wonderful Louisiana maps in the Louisiana Map Collection. You can search the index by collection, folder, or keyword search. Maps can be viewed in the Jefferson Caffery Reading Room.
Courtesy of F. Dean Williams. Louisiana 1762 — 395k. Spanish map of what later became the Louisiana Purchase; includes a map of New Orleans - made in Madrid in 1769. From Library of Congress. Louisiana 1763 — 144k. Portion of French map of what later became the Louisiana Purchase. From Library of Congress. Red River 1764 — 393k.
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Most of the larger libraries (public and university) have excellent map collections. Superb maps can be found in the many historic and archive collections throughout the state; for example, the Historic New Orleans Collection in that city's French quarter includes the Bouligny Family Papers and the d'Auberville-Bouligny Family Papers, which document life during both the French and Spanish ...
Feb 18, 2022 · Archaeology is the study of people in the past. Using the meager remains of broken tools, mounds of earth, and soil colors and textures, archaeology provides rich, tangible information about early people whose histories are not recorded in written records. The stories of American Indian life in Louisiana from 11,500 BCE to 1700 CE are available ...
- Archaeology, History
- February 18, 2022
- (11,500 BCE-CE 1700)
- February 14, 2020
The mapped landforms help define Louisiana’s ex-tensive riverine and coastal floodplains, areas that are subject to episodic stream flooding and hurricane storm surges. They also offer insight into the increased flood-ing potential of very flat upland regions that retain such low gradients that they can still flood during extreme rain events.
Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin’s Map of Louisiana, 1684, also known as “Map of Louisiana, or the Voyages of the Sieur de La Salle,” illustrates the careful recorded extent of France’s Louisiana and its progress of western discovery.
