LAFON, Barthelemy (1769-1820) Carte Generale du Territoire D'Orléans ... 1806

Barthelemy LAFON (1769-1820) Carte Generale du Territoire D'Orléans Comprenant auffi la Floride Occidentale et une Portion du Territoire du Mississippi... Copper plate engraved map in four sections Paris: Charles Piquet, 1806; William Harrison, engraver Watermark of Thomas Amies, Mill Creek Lower Marion, PA Sheet size: 33 3/4 x 49 inches; Frame size: 40 3/8 1/2 x 56 5/8 inches La Fon's magnificent survey map was the first to accurately depict the Orleans Territory following the Louisiana Purchase.  Louisiana was divided into two parts once it was formally acquired by the United States.  The District of Louisiana consisted of the lands acquired from France in the Lousiana Purchase that lay above the 33rd parallel. Its eastern border was the Mississippi River, but its northern and western boundaries remained undetermined.  Its first governor, Merriwether Lewis, served in St. Louis.   The southern portion of the purchase was denominated the Orleans Territory.  It was to be governed fr