Map of Las Ormigas Grant, Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana], dated 1800.

Map of Las Ormigas Grant, Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana], dated 1800. - Shows the present-day Sabine and DeSoto Parishes in eastern region of the Sabine River, Louisiana. - Names of places and features in Spanish. - Pen-and-ink and watercolor. - Title derived from The Luso-Hispanic world in maps, 1999. - This Spanish map of the site of Las Ormigas land grand later known as the Arroyo Hondo grand includes streams, vegetation … At time of map, this was an area of dispute between the United States and Spain. - Copy annotated in pencil on verso: “Los Ormigas grant” corrected to “Arroyo Hondo grant” in letter of Mr. Witbeck’s. July 2, 1927 and May 31, 1927. From U. S. Library of Congress