Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans: Bellin, 1764

Title: Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans  Author: Jacques Nicolas Bellin Date: 1764 Medium: Copperplate engraving Condition: See description Inches: 11.6 x 8.1 [Image] Centimeters: 29.46 x 20.57 [Image] Product ID: 308089 Deluxe Version of Bellin’s Plan of New Orleans Extensively detailed early plan detailing colonial New Orleans during French rule.  Oriented to the northwest at top, scale in French Toises.  Shows Bourbon Street, houses, gardens, etc.  Key with reference to 18 locations at top, including the Parish Church, municipal buildings, barracks, a powder magazine, a brick kiln, and Ursuline Academy, the hospital, a monastery, and Army and Navy quarters, among its many details. With one gate leading into the city from the north to Bayone St Jean. Bellin's plan was first issued in Charlevoix's History and General Description of New France, in 1742 with later versions, such as this, used in several publications. The plan became the standard map of New Orleans throughout t