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WEST FLORIDA, ALABAMA & TEXAS

GC104 - U. S. C. G. S. "Sketches showing the Progress of the Surveys & Resurveys on the Gulf Coast of Florida, Alabama and Texas." Wash. D. C. 1892. B/W. 17X15. Chart shows 3 sketches with triangulations. 1. Coast of Florida & Alabama Vicinity of Pensacola and Mobile Bays. 2. West Coast of Florida vicinity of Caloosa River and 3. Coast of Texas Vicinity of Brazos River. All sketches show primary harbors, bays, points, passes and sounds and islands. 

GC118 - J. COLTON "Louisiana" 1855. 13X15½. Colored. Map shows roads, railroads, post offices, county seats & many towns, rivers and lakes. Includes the Red River & Lake Soso, the Mississippi River all in fine detail with bordering towns. Locates New Orleans and Lake Ponchartrain. The Delta and all offshore islands, bays & sounds. A very nice map with a decorative border frame. 

GC120 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Reconnoissance of the N. E. & S.W. Passes & Passe A L'Outre of the Delta of the Mississippi, Louisiana showing the changes since 1839." Wash. D.C. 1851. B/W. 13½X12. Chart shows Blind Bay and the Passes; shoals, breakers; beacons & many soundings. Locates Pilot Boat anchorage. Includes notes regarding the availability of the Tow Boats; the position of mud lumps and the placement of soundings. 

LOUISIANA

GC122 - O. W. GRAY "Gray's New Map of Louisiana" Phila. 1881. Colored. 16X26. Large handsome & colorful map shows counties in different colors. Locates New Orleans & all major towns, villages & harbors. Lake Ponchartrain, Vermillion Bay, Atchafalaya & Caillou Bays. The Mouths of the Mississippi River. Depicts railroads, canals & rivers. Light Houses & Light Ships in Mississippi Sound & the Gulf of Mexico. Detailed soundings appear offshore & map includes 2 fine inset charts 1. City of New Orleans with street block plans (founded by the French in 1717 & incorporated as a City in 1805,) and 2. The Passes of the Mississippi River from charts of the U. S. Coast Survey.

MISSISSIPPI

GC124 - O. W. GRAY "Gray's New Map of Mississippi" Phila. 1878. Colored. 26X16. Superb map of the State shows counties in different colors. Locates Jackson, the State Capital and many smaller market towns & settlements. Shows the Gulf Coast from Mobile Bay, Alabama, to Biloxi, Mississippi City, Bay St. Louis including Lake Borgne, Lake Ponchartrain and New Orleans, LA. Map includes tables of population figures & notes on canals, lighthouses, light ships & railroads & explanations of the surveys of townships & subdivisions.

FLORIDA AND LOUISIANA

GC125 - BELLIN (N) "Carte De La Floride, De La Louisiane et Pays Voisins." Paris 1757. Colored outlines. 8½X10. Attractive map of old Louisiana and northern and western Florida showing the French claims west of the Appalachians. Map covers an area from Lakes Michigan and Erie south to the Gulf Coast including the South Carolina and Georgia coastline. A large Louisiana stretches westward and northward to New Mexico with many Indian lands noted and some areas as "unknown." The Mississippi River runs southward to the Gulf; and map shows the Texas coast to San Luis Pass below Galveston and names Natchez, New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile Bay and Pensacola and the northwestern Florida coast, showing St. Augustine & Cape Canaveral on the east coast. Map has very decorative title cartouche of leaf, flower and scroll motif.

GC129 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Preliminary Reconnaissance of Grand Pass. The Entrance to Timballier Bay, Louisiana" Wash. D. C. 1853. B/W: 11X16½. Chart shows Timballier Is. Grand Pass with main channel & many soundings and The Bar. Gives sailing  directions & navigational notes on tides & courses.

LOUISIANA

GC130 - SURVEYOR GENERAL "A Map of Louisiana Representing the Several Land Districts" Donaldsville, LA. 1849. 15X16. Outline color. Survey shows land divisions & townships & districts. Locates Lake Ponchartrain, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lake Borgne, the Mississippi & Red Rivers. Barataria Bay, Vermillion Bay & the coast to Sabine Lake. Inland locates primary towns & settlements. Rivers, lakes. Principal Meridian & Base Parallels. Top of chart shows land "Claim of the Baron de Bostrop." A good early survey. 

LOUISIANA & FLORIDA

GC132 - R. BONNE "Carte De La Louisiane et De La Floride" Paris 1780. Colored. 12X8. Map shows the Florida Peninsula and the Gulf Coast from West Florida to the Mississippi Delta. Locates Appalachicola Bay, St. Marks River, Pensacola, Mobile, Biloxi and New Orleans along the coast and shows the Red and Black Rivers flowing into the Mississippi. Louisiana encompasses present day Mississippi and Alabama and stretches northward to Illinois & eastward to the borders of West Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia representing a large area of French territorial claims. Many forts and Indian settlements are depicted throughout inland regions and major towns and settlements are noted throughout with primary harbors located around the coastal shores. Small inset chart in lower left shows the abandoned Fort d'Orleans where the Missouri River joins the Mississippi in Illinois. Attractive and finely engraved map. 

GC149 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “United States Gulf Coast. Cape St. George to Mississippi Passes.” Wash. D.C. 1944 (1945). Colored. 32X38½. Fine large chart shows the Gulf Coast from Cape St. George, to Cape San Blas, Andrew Bay, Choctawhatchee Bay, Santa Rosa Sound & Pensacola in West Florida. Then continues to Mobile and Mobile Bay, Pascagoula and Biloxi Bay, Gulfport & St. Louis Bay, Mississippi. Includes the Passes of the Mississippi and all the islands in Mississippi Sound. The chart also shows hundreds of depth soundings in the offshore Gulf regions and includes notes on tides, buoys and beacons, storm warnings and radio beacon signals. An excellent chart with fine coastal detail. #1115

GC150 - S. A. MITCHELL “Plan of New Orleans”. Phila. 1874. Colored. 9¼X11. Finely engraved map shows the waterfront on the Mississippi River with block plan of streets and indications of public buildings. On the opposite side of the river are the districts of MacDonough, Algiers and Belle Ville, with streets and the Levee. Map has a decorative grape vine border and was published in Samuel Augustus Mitchell's “New General Atlas”. 

GC155 - ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS “Map of Vicksburg, Mississippi” London 1863. Colored. 11½X9¼. Attractive Civil War map with text below and on back, depicts the Siege of Vicksburg at the time of the Confederate Army Surrender in 1863. Vicksburg is depicted with block plan along with Palmyra, Warrenton and Woodyard. The Mississippi River flows down the map with a note “400 miles to New Orleans.” The map is intensely detailed showing fortifications, trenches & batteries, roads and railroads & camps & includes an inset chart titled “Map of Port Hudson and Baton Rouge.” The text includes a note “The Disposition of the Federal Forces around Vicksburg are so plainly indicated on the map that no verbal description is necessary. It will be remembered that during the determined assaults upon the tower in the earlier stage of the Siege General Sherman met his death.” The Illustrated London News was a weekly publication in London in the 19th century, and included up-to-date news of worldwide importance. Good detail. $135

GC156 - P. F. X. de CHARLEVOIX/J. N. BELLIN “Carte Des Embouchures Du Mississippi. Sur Les Manuscrits du Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine” Paris. 1744. B/W. 7¾X11. Very detailed chart shows the mouth of the Mississippi River with the ship channel passing through sand and mud banks on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. The contours of the Delta are drawn with wavy lines to show waterways. Includes Fort de la Balise and the Island of Recife at the river's mouth. The chart was drawn from manuscript sketches brought back to Paris by Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761) a Jesuit Priest who traveled through Canada and North America's eastern regions from 1705-1720. It was engraved in Paris under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) the Royal Hydrographer to the King and included in Charlevoix's “L'Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France” in 1744. The engraver was Guillaume Dheulland (1700-1770) a master engraver in 18th century Paris.

GC157 - P. F. X. de CHARLEVOIX/J. N. BELLIN “Partie De la Coste De La Louisiane Et De La Floride Depuis Le Mississippi Jusqua St. Marc D'Apalache. Dressee Sur Les Manuscrits Du Depost des Plans de La Marine Par. N.B. Ingr.du Roy et de la Marine..1744” Paris. 1744. B/W. 8X16¾. Splendid chart of America's Gulf Coast stretching from Apalachicola Bay and St. Marc in western Florida to St. Joseph's Bay and Pensacola. The coastline continues to Mobile Bay (present day Alabama) and thence to Biloxi, Mississippi and Bay St. Louis. The chart further depicts Lake Ponchartrain and New Orleans, Lake Borgne and the Mississippi River to the Delta. On either side of the River are sand and mud banks, and an area of woods called "Bois de Chene Verd Propre pour la Construction." Also located is an old Fort named La Boulaye and indicated as "abandoned." The chart depicts all the offshore islands, bays, inlets and rivers, and was drawn from manuscript sketches brought back to Paris by Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix ( 1682-1761) a Jesuit Priest who traveled through Canada and North America's eastern regions from 1705-1720. Engraved under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1761) the Royal Hydrographer to the King in Paris, the chart was ncluded in Father Charlevoix's “L'Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France” published in Paris in 1744.

GC165 - J. N. BELLIN “Emboucheres Du Fleuve St. Louis ou Mississippi” Paris. 1764. Colored. Attractive chart of the Mississippi River Delta engraved under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) in the late 18th century, depicts soundings in the channels, low water areas of sand and mud and locates Passe a La Loutre, Entrance De La Balise and Passe a Sauvol and includes a decorative compass rose with fleur-de-lys pointer. An ornamental title cartouche is engraved in lower right in the French rococo style with leaves, flowers and scroll motifs. Published in “Le Petit Atlas Maritime" in Paris in 1764.

GC166 - U. S. ARMY ENGINEERS “Delta of the Mississippi River.” Wash. D.C. 1866. Colored. 9X6. Chart shows Fort Jackson and Fort. St. Philip on the Mississippi River. Locates East Bay, Grand Bayou, South Light, Garden Bay, Bayou Ranville, N. Pass A L'Outre, Bayou Pierre and Bay Ronde. The chart was engraved in the Engineering Department of the War Department and bears the War Dept. Seal topped with a decorative eagle motif. 

GC167 - P. F. X. De CHARLEVOIX/J. N. BELLIN “Embouchures Du Mississippi Sur Les Manuscrits Carte et Plans de la Marine. N. B. Ingr. de la Marine.” Paris. 1744. Colored. 7¾X11. (Note: This is a hand colored version of GC156 on the above list.. See text accompanying b/w picture of GC156.) 

GC168 - WALKER & McGUIGAN “Lake Ponchartrain Harbour and Breakwater. Louisiana.” Wash. D.C. 1853. B/W. 36X8. This finely drawn sketch has a subtitle in upper left as follows “Sketch of the Ponchartrain Harbour & Breakwater Exhibiting the Plan and Position of the Work as finely Approved by the Engineering Dept. New Orleans. October 30, 1853.” Chart shows Plans and Cross Sections, Breakwaters, Canal, the Ponchartrain Railroad Depot in Milneburgh. Published by the House of Representatives in the middle 19th century, this plan has some historical significance after the Katrina disaster and after the rebuilding of breakwaters and levees n the early 20th century and beyond.

GC171 - D. APPLETON “Map of New Orleans, Louisiana” NY 1891. Colored. 12X9½. Intensely detailed and finely drawn map shows street block plans, Exposition Park, railroads, hotels, prominent institutions and commercial buildings, churches & places of amusement. A numbered reference table in top left provides a key to all the noted places. Lake Ponchartrain appears at the top of the map and the Mississippi River flows through the City. From David Applelton's “A General Guide to the United States and Canada,” published in New York in 1891.

GC172 - RAND-McNALLY “New Orleans” Chicago 1898. Colored. 19X12. Attractive and colorful map of the City and Harbor shows detailed block plan of streets and depicts the Mississippi River with Ferries crossing to the suburbs. Includes an inset chart in upper left showing a plan of the City situated between Lake Ponchartrain and the Mississippi River with connecting streets and railroads. The map includes commercial and public buildings, squares, hospitals, churches and Fair Grounds. From Rand-McNally's Enlarged Business Atlas 1898. 

GC173 - B. SMITH “The Century Atlas, Louisiana.” NY. 1897. Colored. 10½X15. Finely detailed map of Louisiana shows counties, cities, townships, roads, railroads, rivers and lakes. Depicts the Mississippi Delta and the coast on the Gulf of Mexico. A large inset map in upper right shows New Orleans and Vicinity with block plan of streets and the Mississippi River flowing around the City center with Lake Ponchartrain above. From the Century Atlas of the World. Prepared under the Superintendence of Benjamin Eli Smith. A colorful and attractive map.

GC176 - J. H. COLTON “Louisiana” NY. 1855. Colored. 12X14½. Excellent State map shows cities, towns & harbors, roads & railroads, canals, the State Capital at Baton Rouge & depicts counties in different colors & State Boundary lines. The coast is well defined from Mississippi Sound & the Chandeleur Islands to the Mississippi Delta, Vermillion Bay to the border of Texas at Sabine Pass. Locates New Orleans and Lake Ponchartrain and the Mississippi River flowing down the length of the State to the coast. This finely detailed map was published in Colton's “General Atlas Containing 180 steel plate Maps & Plans.” A very good map.

GC177 - J. BIEN “Campaign of the Army of West Mississippi. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby. Commanding in Southern Alabama. March & April. 1865.” New York. 1891. Colored litho. 16½X27. Striking map of the Gulf Coast from Choctawhatchee Bay to Pensacola & Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa Sound, Fort Barrancas & Fort McRee, to Mobile & Mobile Bay & Bon Secours Bay. Depicts harbors & towns, points, creeks & rivers on both shores of Mobile Bay in fine detail & locates Dauphin Island, Fort Gaines & Pelican Island at the entrance, along with the Main Ship Channel. This fine map was published by Julius Bien & Co. for “The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies 1861-1865.”

GC178 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Grand Bay Including the Entrance of Horn Island Pass.” Wash. D.C. 1851. Colored. 7X6½. Small but detailed sketch shows the Bay with Grand Batture Island, Petit Bois Island with sand hills, Horn Island & Round Island Lighthouse. Depicts Mississippi Sound & a course with depth soundings running straight into the Bay from the Gulf of Mexico. The Sketch was drawn for the United States Coast Survey by W. E. Greenwell, Assistant U.S.C.S.

GC179 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Harbor of Pass Christian, Mississippi Sound.” Wash. D.C. 1851. Colored. 9X11. The chart shows a long shoreline approach view with the harbor in center, & buildings, wharves, a church steeple & thick trees in the background. Offshore are depth soundings, beacons & oyster beds. Includes sailing directions for mariners entering the harbor from both east & west & navigational notes on tides. The Sketch was drawn by the Hydrographic Party under the Command of Lieut. B. F. Sands U.S.N. A fine chart.

GC180 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Horn Island Pass. Mississippi Sound.” Wash. D.C. 1852. Colored. 12X16. Fine chart shows the East End of Horn Island & the West End of Petit Bois Island with the Pass located between them. Depicts hundreds of depth soundings with courses & locations of bars, banks, shoals & beacons. Includes detailed sailing directions for entering the Pass, along with dangers to be encountered in sailing in from the Gulf of Mexico. A finely engraved chart drawn under the Command of B. F. Sands. Lieut. USN Assistant.

GC181 - J. BIEN “Plan of Siege Operations Against Fort Morgan, Ala. By the Forces under Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger. Aug. 1864.” NY 1891. Colored. 16½X27. Large sheet also includes 2 inset charts of 1.) The Defenses of Fort Morgan in 1864.showing Navy Cove & the Main Ship Channel, & 2.) the Entrance of Mobile Bay 1864, showing Fort Morgan on Mobile Point, & Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island. The charts also show the following wrecks 1.) Steamship Ivanhoe, 2.) Confederate Gunboat Gaines, 3.) Monitor & Federal Fleet, 4.) Monitor Tecumseh (Fed.) & 5.) Gunboat Oneida. (Fed.) The map sheet also includes 5 smaller insets of battles in Virginia & Mississippi. Published by Julius Bien (1826-1909) for “The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies. 1861-1865 ” A fine map is very good condition.

GC182 - J. BIEN “Rebel Defenses. Mobile, Ala. Occupied by Union Forces under Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby.” NY. 1891. Colored. 16½X27. Large block plan of Mobile occupies center stage on this fine Civil War map. Depicts the Mobile River & indicates roads & railroads & a number of small sketches indicating Mobile's Defenses. Also on this fine map sheet are small insets of Army positions & operations in Virginia & Tennessee. Published by Julius Bien (1826-1909) a well known lithographer, for “The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies. 1861-1865.” A finely detailed map in very good condition.

GC183 - J. BIEN “General Topographical Map Sheet XXL. Louisiana.” NY. 1891. Colored. 17X27. Splendid Civil War map of Louisiana & a portion of Mississippi, covers an area from Mississippi Sound to Lake Borgne, Lake Ponchartrain & New Orleans & the Gulf Coast to Timballier Bay, Terre Bonne Bay, Atchafalaya Bay, Vermillion Bay to Mermenton Pass. Inland map shows primary towns & settlements, topographical details of lakes, mountains & rivers, & the track of the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Eastern Railroad. Published by Julius Bien (1826-1909) a prominent lithographer & printer for inclusion in “The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & confederate Armies 1861-1865.” This is a fine State map with excellent details.

GC184 - J. N. BELLIN “Plan De La Nouvelle Orleans.” Paris. 1764. Colored. 8¼X11½. Finely engraved map shows a street block plan of New Orleans with it's shorefront on the Mississippi River. Depicts Rue Royale, Rue De Bourbon, Rue Chartres & all primary cross streets, along with a church, hospital, army barracks, convents & missions, prison & government offices. On the map all buildings are drawn in small squares, with parks and parade grounds & quays along the waterfront. A lettered table of reference is placed at the top of the map which was engraved under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) the Royal Hydrographer to the King in Paris and Director of the Depot De La Marine. The map was published in Bellin's “Petit Atlas Maritime” & is based on Bellin's map of 1744 which was drawn from manuscript sketches brought back to Paris by Pierre Francoix Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761) a Jesuit priest who explored Canada & the eastern and southern regions of North America from 1705-1720. Bellin's map of 1744 was published in Charlevoix's “'L'Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France.” A very desirable map in excellent condition.

GC186 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Preliminary Sketch of Mobile Bay” Wash. D.C. 1851. B/W. 17½X14¼. Fine chart of the Bay from it's entrance at Bon Secours Bay & Dauphin Island. Depicts the City of Mobile & the Mobile River with Pole Cat, Blind & Levons Bays. Locates Herons Bay & the entrance to the Bog River. Includes Sailing Directions for entering Mobile Bay from offshore with notes on tides, bottoms, winds & currents & depicts depth soundings throughout the water areas. The chart has been mounted on canvas and is in excellent condition.

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