The amazing voyage of the New Orleans : production material.

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The amazing voyage of the New Orleans : production material.

Correspondence, ink illustrations, color separations, paste-up, mixed media sketches, photocopies. Recounts the voyage in 1811 of the "New Orleans," the first steamboat to travel down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, a trip fraught with dangers including North America's most violent earthquake.

Manuscripts: 1 folder.Illustrations: 1 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7816676

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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