A map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia ... (1780)

Complete title: A map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia : containing the whole sea-coast, all the islands, inlets, rivers, creeks, parishes, townships, boroughs, roads, and bridges : as also, several plantations, with their proper boundary-lines, their names, and the names of their proprietors
"Composed from surveys taken by the Hon. William Bull, Esq., Lieutenant Governor, Captain Gascoign, Hugh Bryan, Esq., and William De Brahm, Surveyor General of the Southn. District of North America ; republished with considerable additions, from the surveys made & collected by John Stuart, Esqr., His Majesty’s Superintendent of Indian Affairs, by William Faden, successor to the late Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the King."
Dedication: To the Right Honorable Lord George Germain ... and to the rest of ... the Lords Commissioners of Trade & Plantations ...
Cartouche engraved by "J L".
Includes indexes of land proprietors in South Carolina and Georgia.
Scale [ca. 1:320,000]
Prime meridian: London.
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings.
Printed from 4 copperplates on 4 sheets trimmed and joined to form 2 composite sheets.
Extensively revised and re-engraved on the same plates following the edition published by Thomas Jefferys in 1757.
Sheets numbered "35" and "36" in manuscript on verso; probably detached from an assembled-to-order composite atlas.
Bookplate of Thomas Winthrop Streeter on verso.

Original Collection:

Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library)

Referenced In:

Streeter Americana (1966-1969), v. II, p. 862, no. 1134, and plate on p. 867, Cf. Cumming, William P. The Southeast in early maps (3rd ed., 1998), p. 2, 27-30, 280-281, map no. 310 (1757 ed. of map)

Citation

Faden, William, "A Map of South Carolina and a Part of Georgia" (London : William Faden, 1780). Oversize Ayer 133 .D28 1780

Newberry Call Number:

oversize Ayer 133 .D28 1780

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Geographic Area Covered:

South Carolina, Georgia

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map on 2 sheets : hand col. ; 134 x 120 cm.

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Newberry Library

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