Buy this book on-line Bellin, Jacques Nicolas : Suite du Cours du Fleuve St. Louis depuis la Rivière d'Iberville jusqa celle des Yasous, et les Parties connues de la Riviere Rouge et la Riviere Noire
Paris, c.1764.
230 x 365mm. Coloured.
The course of the Mississippi from Iberville River (now Iberville Bayou) north to junction of the Yazoo (Yasous) River; course of Red River from its junction with the Mississippi to Natchitoches and includes the course of the Black River. One of the first detailed maps of the area, important as the border between French-controlled Louisiana and Spanish Texas. The Presidio Nuestra Señora del Pilar de los Adaes, founded in 1716 and rebuilt in 1721, is shown on the left of the map. An inset shows the area around the French Fort St. Jean at what became Natchitoches, depicting 'The Red River raft' (Embaras d'Arbres), blockading the river upstream. This was a natural dam of driftwood formed over thousands of years, extending nearly 100 miles upstream. Because it was a great hinderance to trade attempts to clear it started in 1833, but it kept reforming: it was not until 1900 that the river was officially clear.
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