[MAPS - LOUISIANA - WAR OF 1812]. Maps of Louisiana, incl. Battle of New Orleans battle site map.

Plan of the Operations of the British & American Forces below New Orleans, on the 8th of January, 1815, issued in William James' A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War, published in 1818. Engraved by Mutlow (folds, with some separation at folds, tape repairs to folds on verso, toning, edges trimmed).

This important War of 1812 battle plan details the Battle of New Orleans, the final major conflict of the War of 1812. It shows troop and artillery positions. Prominently depicted is Line Jackson, the defensive line at Rodriguez Canal. The location where General Pakenham was killed in battle is also marked.

[With:] Carte de La Louisiane, et de la Floride. Bonne, 1780. 16 x 10 in. copperplate map (including margins) showing Louisiana and Florida with the Southern English colonies (some light soiling). -- Carte de la Partie Sud Des Etats Unis de L'Amerique Septentrionale. Bonne, 1780. 9 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. map (including margins) showing the Southern colonies (verso repair to central vertical fold). -- A New Map of Louisiana. Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1850. 13 1/2 x 17 in. map (including margins). -- A New Map of Mississippi. Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1850. 17 x 13 1/2 in. map (including margins). -- Colton's Louisiana. New York: Johnson & Browning, 1855. 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (including margins). -- Colton's Louisiana. New York: Colton, 1860. 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (including margins). -- Map of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Pennsylvania: Mitchell, 1860. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. map (including margins). -- Official Map of the Parish of Jefferson by Henry Zander. 12 maps on tissue paper, approx. 22 x 17 in. (including margins), possibly printed later.

Together, 20 maps. Condition generally good. Most with toning, some corner and edge wear.

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