Bachmann, John (1814-1896). Birds eye view of New-Orleans. New York, 1851 (First Edition). Cartographer_Martin Waldseemuller a few maps with creased

a few maps with creased fore-edges

eventually heading to what is now Kansas to find the supposedly rich city of Quivira

When Catlin first issued his portfolio

of twelve broad

left Red Oak to establish his own art calendar company in Allwood

Bachmann, John (1814-1896). Birds eye view of New-Orleans. New York, 1851 (First Edition). Cartographer_Martin Waldseemuller a few maps with creasedBachmann, John (1814 1896). Birds eye view of New Orleans. Color printed lithograph. New York, 1851 (First Edition). 26 x 34 3 4" sheet, 30 x 39 inches framed. Rare view of New Orleans by John Bachman, or Bachmann. John Reps, in "Views and Viewmakers of Urban America" p. 160, states "No finer artist of city views worked in America than John Bachmann. Unfortunately, there is no artist about whom less is known" Bachman is believed to have emigrated from