"Plan of the City of New Orleans & Adjacent Plantations," 1798

ID: 1165
This file appears in: Carondelet Canal or Old Basin Canal

Charles Trudeau's map depicts the newly dug Canal Carondelet. This version. was copied and translated from the original Spanish.

Library of Congress

This file appears in: Carondelet Canal or Old Basin Canal

By Steve Picou
The site of New Orleans first appealed to the city's founder, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, in 1699. Native Americans had informed him about Bayou St. John, a shortcut from Lake Pontchartrain…