This whole first part of Fragment of A Voyage to New Orleans (1855), by Elisee Reclus, which is under the title Fragment of a Voyage to Louisiana on TheAnarchistLibrary.org.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/elisee-reclus-fragment-of-a-voyage-to-louisiana
The first part is a text called Putting Freedom on the Map: The Life and Work of Elisee Reclus, by John Clark, and is optional.
3/7 Update: Alternatively, the translator has sent us a longer revised version of the full text