FUN WITH MAPS – ISSUE 2022-195 DAILY FEATURE:

By Steve Kovacs (Introduction by Chuck Gibson)

LOVELAND, OH (November 3, 2022) – In Issue 2022-195 of Steve Kovacs Fun with Maps, a surprise story of Spanish influence in the Crescent City.

Could Have Been the Spanish Quarter

Two hundred sixty years ago, Spain secretly acquired the territory known as Louisiana from France at the end of the Seven Years War.  In 1803, just months before the United States purchased it, the area was returned to France.

During the Spanish Colonial period, Louisiana prospered.  The Spanish established a stability the French never had, as well as succeeding in making the area a desirable trading outpost. 

Navigating the Mississippi became an important transportation route, and New Orleans grew as the port to the seas.

Although it is called the “French Quarter”, the architecture of New Orleans’ historic district is a product of Spanish influence and the most evident remains of Spain’s hand in the area’s past.

Colton shows us Louisiana as it was in 1855 on this map.

Steve Kovacs and his wife Theresa reside in Loveland, Ohio where they raised their two children. He is a passionate collector of antique maps.

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