page_title: CARTE Museum
section_title: The collection
hierarchical_section_title: CARTE Museum / The collection
caption_attribution_description: English: 1541 Reduction in size of a 1513 Martin Waldseemuller map of Florida and Mississippi Territories
context_page_description: The Cartographic Acquisition Research Teaching and Exhibition Museum was a small privately owned cartographic museum located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dedicated to the preservation of original maps and atlases. The collection documented early North American continent exploration, centered on the present-day Louisiana Gulf Coast from the 1500s up to the appearance of aerial cartography in the early 20th century.
  Owner David Morgan closed the collection of maps to the public in 2017, citing economic downturn. The collection was disposed of by auction in blocks.
context_section_description: The collection included maps by Guillaume de L’Isle, Louis Jolliet, Nicolas de Fer, Henri Joutel, Barthelemy Lafon, William Darby, and John La Tourrette. Most maps exhibited original hand color or color lithography and were accompanied by written explanations highlighting important changes or features on individual maps. Approximately 30 maps were on display at any given time and grouped together by common theme.
caption: 1806 Map by Barthelemy Lafon
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