The Belize. - Mouth of the Mississippi River.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving,

  DATE: 1856.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 5 1/16 x 9 1/4" (12.6 x 23 cm) plus title and margins.

• DESCRIPTION: La Balize, Louisiana is a French settlement and fort near the mouth of the Mississippi River. The village's name (also spelled La Balise) meant "seamark." La Balize was historically and economically important for overseeing the river and is inhabited chiefly by fishermen, river pilots, and their families.

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• CONDITION: Good condition with modern handcolor.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , Louisiana