Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps

by Joseph R. Stroud

Winner of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities 2004 Humanities Book of the Year Award, the Louisiana Library Association's 2004 Louisiana Literary Award, and the Gulf South Historical Association's 2004 Best Book on the Gulf South Award.

The name "Louisiana" has always held a special allure, calling forth images of a rich colonial past, a land filled with exotic flora and fauna, and a territory that once extended across stretches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0917860470
• ISBN13: 9780917860478
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Historic New Orleans Collection
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 8.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 11.7" x 14.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher