An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian Frontiers

An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian Frontiers

North Carolina--Maps

South Carolina--Maps

Engraved map made of eight joined sheets: An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with their Indian Frontiers, Shewing in a distinct manner all the Mountains, Rivers, Swamps, Marshes, Bays, Creeks, Harbours, Sandbanks and Soundings on the Coasts; with The Roads and Indian Paths; as well as The Boundary or Provincial Lines, The Several Townships and other divisions of the Land In Both the Provinces; the whole from Actual Surveys By Henry Mouzon and Others. London Printed for Robt Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Print-sellers, No 53 in Fleet Street. Publish’d as the Act directs May 30th 1775. [cartouche, top left] | Sparrow Sc. [below cartouche] | Publish’d as the Act directs May 30th 1775. by R. Sayer and J. Bennett [below neat line, left center] | Publish’d as the Act directs May 30th 1775. by R. Sayer and J. Bennett [below neat line, right center]. | Insets: “The Harbour of Port Royal” and “The Bar and Harbour of Charlestown"

Mouzon, Henry and others

Tryon Palace

Sayer, Robert and J. Bennett

1775

Richards, Nancy

Knight, Dean

Permission to use the photograph must be obtained in writing from Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina. It must be accompanied by the caption” From the collection of Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina; North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archive and History.”

This map extends from the coastal area of the two Carolinas westward to the Appalachian Mountains, Cherokee territory, upper Creek territory and part of Georgia. It was the first map of the Carolinas issued during the Revolutionary War period and was used by British, French and American forces. It remained the chief of map for the region during the forty or fifty years following its publication. Thomas Jefferys included the Mouzon map in The American Atlas (London, 1775). George L. Le Rouge published a French edition of the Mouzon map in Atlas Amèriquain Sepentrionale (Paris, 1777). That version is titled in French and English and includes an inset of the English attack on Fort Sullivan (June 28, 1776). A third version of the map was issued in 1794 by Laurie and Whittle, successors to Sayer and Bennett, using the original plates.

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Maps

TP.1956.005.001

North Carolina

South Carolina

Maps

Paper: 41 ¾” X 56 ¾”
Plate: 40 13/16” X [not visible]
Image: 39 15/16” X 55 ½”
Insets: 1. “The Harbour of Port Royal” Size: 10 ¾” X 6 15/16”
2. “The Bar and Harbour of Charlestown” Size: 10 ¾” X 10 ½”