This handsome sheet consists of three maps composed around a large compass rose. This is Tirion's version of the map first drawn by De la Tour in 1720, only two years after the founding of New Orleans. The first is a plan of the city of New Orleans (now the French Quarter) vividly depicting its protective canal, barracks and quays. The second is a map of the vicinity of New Orleans including the delta and surrounding bayou. The third is a map of the location of Fort la Balisle at the mouth of the river, which sank into the marsh in the late 1700's. Each map has a delicately engraved title cartouche.

References: Goss (NA) #63; Van Ermen #39.

Condition: A

Good impression and lovely original color with a couple of very minor spots of candle wax. Issued folding, now pressed.