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Zee en Land Togten der Franszen Gedaan na, en in't Americaans Gewest van Florida, allereerst door Ioh, Pontius Ontdekt. (Whew! That was a mouthful.) 1707 Van der Aa This map is one of the last (and
smaller) derivatives of the Blaeu map of Virginia/Florida. A kind web site
visitor has offered the following title translation, “Sea
and land journeys, made by the French, beyond and in the American district of
Florida, first discovered by [Ioh, Pontius].”
1711 Edward Crisp map(s) of the Carolina region Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography & Maps Division A compleat description of the province of Carolina in 3 parts : 1st, the improved part from the surveys of Maurice Mathews & Mr. John Love : 2ly, the west part by Capt. Tho. Nairn: 3ly, a chart of the coast from Virginia to Cape Florida / published by Edw. Crisp ; engraved by John Harris. The Crisp map can be seen in great detail at this Library of Congress web site: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3870.ct001123
A Plan representing the Form of Setling the Districts, or County Divisions in the Margravate of Azilia. Published in 1717 by Sir Robert Montgomery in "A Discourse concerning the design'd establishment of a New Colony to the South of Carolina, in the most delightful country of the Universe. By Sir Robert Mountgomery, Baronet." The Margravate was to be a "buffer" colony between South Carolina and the Spaniards in Florida. An excellent review of Montgomery's failed efforts and a description of the 400 square mile geometric plan can be found by clicking on this link.
...A New Map of the English Empire in America... published by John Senex in 1719. This map (same plate) was originally published in 1695 by Robert Morden. Senex had very minor modifications to the plate, including addition of a dedication and alteration of the imprint. This beautiful map is noted for the "mountain range" running from the tip of Michigan's lower peninsula all the way to Disney World!!!!
CAROLINA door Herman Mol... 1721 According to Cumming, this little map is a copy (different plate) of the Moll-Oldmixon "Carolina" map of 1708. In turn, the 1708 map "follows in general the Gascoyne 1682 map." The map shown above was published in Amsterdam by Kyser in a Dutch translation of Oldmixon's 1708 publication, "British Empire in America."
Partie Meridionale de la Virginie et la Partie Orientale de la Floride dans L'Amerique Septentrionale... 1729 A rare map by Pierre vander Aa. From Cumming, 205: "The work by Aa in which this map occurs is one of the rarest and most magnificent of its kind...sixty-six volumes with over 3,000 maps...only 100 copies of the great work were made." According to MapForum.com, the plate is the same one used by Montanus in 1671, "the plate has been so heavily re-engraved as to be almost unrecognisable from the first state." MapForum.com also indicates that the plate was used yet again circa 1735 with the Covens & Mortier imprint added to the title.
Carolina by H. Moll, Geographer 1729 (1746)
A Map of the Province of Carolina Divided into its Parishes, &c. According to the Latest Accounts. 1730. By H. Moll Geographer. This map is still bound into the book in which it appeared, hence the "non-flattened" look. The book is An Historical Account of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, by David Humphreys, published in London in 1730. Click one of the following links for a view of the entire map, or for a close up of the inset, "A Map of ye most improved Part of Carolina." The book also includes a Moll map of the New England/Pennsylvania region.
Moseley's "A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina" 1733 Only 3 copies are known to exist, including the best preserved currently at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Their copy was found in an attic not too many years ago and was donated to the University.
Georgia 1733 Oglethorpe-Martyn This is the first printed map of Georgia, a colony being settled by Oglethorpe when this map was published in 1733 in Benjamin Martyn's "Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia...". The example shown above is the second state, with alterations presumably to make the new colony more attractive to prospective settlers and to influence financial support of the British Parliament. Martyn, secretary of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony..., had published in 1732 "Some Account of the Designs of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America." containing the 1st state of this map. Notice how far south St. Augustine, FL is on the above example compared to its correct location on the 1st state. Dr. Louis DeVorsey concludes that St. Augustine was cartographically displaced to make Georgia's Spanish neighbors seem less threatening. Likewise, a road through south central Georgia on the 1st state of the map, including the frightening notation, "...Road of ye Ocheƒe going to War.." has been removed on the above example. REFERENCE: "Oglethorpe and the Earliest Maps of Georgia" by Louis De Vorsey, Jr., in Oglethorpe in Perspective, edited by Phinizy Spalding and Harvey H. Jackson.
Henry Popple's famous map of the British Empire in North America was first published in 1733 as a huge 20 sheet map plus an index or key map. The above is a c1740 Dutch version of the index map. Click on the map above for a higher resolution image of the whole map, or for a close-up of the Carolinas and Georgia, click on the little thumbnail below.
1747 A New and Accurate Map of the Provinces of North & South Carolina Georgia etc... by Eman. Bowen Technically by Bowen, but in reality this is a slightly reduced copy of the SE sheet from Popple's 1733 monster map of North America. As on the 1733 original, published the year Georgia was founded, this map shows Georgia as a relatively small parcel of land between the Savannah and Altamaha Rivers (boundaries of the Margravate of Azilia from 1717 which never materialized). Contrast this diminutive Georgia with Bowen's map a year later shown below.
A New Map of Georgia... by Emanuel Bowen, 1748 A stunningly beautiful engraving; Cumming states "The Georgia roads and settlements are particularly full." So was Bowen's imagination when demarcating the extent of the British colony. Note that the first "G" of "GEORGIA" is west of the Mississippi!
"La Floride...", a map of Carolina, Georgia, and Florida by Robert de Vaugondy, 1749. De Vaugondy, also known as Sieur Robert, was the descendant, by blood or by business relations, of the French families Sanson and Jaillot. His productivity was extensive and continued by his son, also named Robert. In this map, I find intriguing how the southern tip of Florida is frayed, in contrast with a representation, perhaps closer to real, to be found in earlier maps, including by Sanson (e.g. Cumming #49). An explanation of the origin of "Isles Lucayes" would be welcomed. (See below)
A Bundle of Bellin
An attractive, recently colored 1756 German copy of the 1744 French original by Bellin, possibly an unsuccessful cartographic effort by France to "reclaim" territory they originally settled (very transiently) in the 1560s. An annotation refers to Ribaut's Charlesfort near the mouth of the Edisto River. The most peculiar finding on this map is the inexplicable placement of the James River in place of the Ashley River and James Town in the same harbor as Charles Town (see below). Perhaps a little too much wine before drawing the map?
Middle: Carte de la Caroline et Georgie by Bellin 1757 Bottom: Bellin's "La Caroline..." 1764 (Click here for superb detail of eastern 2/3 of map or Click on map above for slightly lower resolution of entire map).
1760 A New Map of the Cherokee Nation... by Thomas Kitchin Published in the London Magazine, February 1760, with an article describing a punitive expedition against the Cherokee and the importance of obtaining allegiance of the Cherokee to prevent French incursions from the west. (Jolly, Lond-183; Cumming, 327)
1765 A New Map of North & South Carolina & Georgia. Drawn from the best Authorities: By T.Kitchin Geogr. Published in The London Magazine in April, 1765, this map shows South Carolina at its finest hour (cartographically). The boundaries of S.C. include all of present day northern Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Augusta, which served as capital of Georgia intermittently during the Revolution, is within the S.C. boundaries on this map. Although this particular SC/GA dividing line was never legitimate, it was proposed at one time.
1770 Churton-Collet map of North Carolina Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography & Maps Division A Compleat Map of North-Carolina from an Actual Survey (1770) This rare map was drawn by Capt. John Collet, Governor of Fort Johnston, engraved by John Bayly ("I Bayly"), and published by Samuel Hooper in London. It measures approximately 3' 8" by 2' 7". The unsung hero for this map is William Churton, a surveyor whose 2 decades of work in North Carolina provided much of the information. In fact, the map was almost completed by Churton when he died in 1768. Governor Tryon then appointed Captain Collet to finish the task, which he did very shortly thereafter. It is unknown what, if any, additions Collet made to Churton's work, but there is no reference or credit to Churton on the map. William Churton had received a grant of 4 lots from the colonial legislature for survey work in laying out the town of Childsburgh (renamed Hillsborough in 1766). The main street in Hillsborough is still known as Churton Street. The Churton-Collet map can be seen in greater detail at the LOC web site: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3900.ar150000 An excellent 2 part article on William Churton writtten by Silvio Bedini appeared in Professional Surveyor and can be found at these web sites: http://www.profsurv.com/archive.php?issue=55&article=781 http://www.profsurv.com/archive.php?issue=56&article=793 The article appeared in the July/August 2001 and September 2001 issues of Professional Surveyor.
An Accurate Map of NORTH and SOUTH CAROLINA with Their Indian Frontiers,...From Actual Surveys by Henry Mouzon and Others. 1775 A landmark map of the Carolinas published just before the first war for independence; many British and American generals carried copies with them during the war. The first edition was published by Sayer & Bennett for Thomas Jeffery's The American Atlas. Close up of map title by clicking here, or a composite image of the North Carolina section by clicking here. The map can be seen in much clearer detail (except for the title) at the Library of Congress web site: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3900.ar139404
A New Map of North & South Carolina, & Georgia. for the Pennsyl[vania] Magazine; June 1776 This map, engraved by Robert Aitken, is a blatant copy of Kitchin's 1765 London Magazine map shown above. The Pennsylvania Magazine was edited by Thomas Paine; the June 1776 issue contained an article describing the Carolinas and Georgia.
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