Map of French Louisiana

This detail of Mobile Bay and environs is from a map of the French territory of La Lousiane created around 1718 by French cartographer Guillaume de L'Isle. The detail shows the location of what are now Dauphin Island and Bay Minette.

Detail of an early French map of Louisiana showing the region
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Detail of an early French map of Louisiana showing the region