Plan der Schwytzerischen Coloney in Carolina, angefangen im October 1710 [Plan of the Swiss Colony in Carolina]
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Title
Plan der Schwytzerischen Coloney in Carolina, angefangen im October 1710 [Plan of the Swiss Colony in Carolina]
Subject
New Bern (N.C.)--Maps
Description
Photostatic copy of a hand-drawn map of the New Bern area by Christophe von Graffenried. Plan der Schwytzerischen Coloney in Carolina, angefangen im October 1710 durch Christophel von Graffenriedt und Frantz Ludwig Michel [title] | Anlage der Stadt Neu-Bern 1710 Nach einem Plane der Bibliothek von Mülinen [printed title below]
| Typed paper label on the reverse: THE LANDGRAVES MAP OF NEW BERN the de Graffenried Family Collection Item No. 7 Donated by Thomas P. de Graffenried.”
Photostatic copy of manuscript map mounted on artist’s board. Plan of the Neuse and Trent Rivers from their confluence towards their sources, with the location and occasional identification of homes on their banks. In 1914, the German-American Historical Society at Philadelphia published the map, together with a French version of von Graffenried’s account of the Swiss settlement at New Bern. Last located in a private collection in Bern, Switzerland at the end of World War II, the original map is currently located in the Burgerbibliothek Bern: Mss.Mül.466 (3a).
| Typed paper label on the reverse: THE LANDGRAVES MAP OF NEW BERN the de Graffenried Family Collection Item No. 7 Donated by Thomas P. de Graffenried.”
Photostatic copy of manuscript map mounted on artist’s board. Plan of the Neuse and Trent Rivers from their confluence towards their sources, with the location and occasional identification of homes on their banks. In 1914, the German-American Historical Society at Philadelphia published the map, together with a French version of von Graffenried’s account of the Swiss settlement at New Bern. Last located in a private collection in Bern, Switzerland at the end of World War II, the original map is currently located in the Burgerbibliothek Bern: Mss.Mül.466 (3a).
Creator
Graffenried, Christoph von, Baron, 1661-1743
Source
Tryon Palace
Publisher
Unknown
Date
1710
Rights
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.”
Format
jpg
Language
German
Type
Maps
Identifier
TP.1958.029.002
Coverage
North Carolina, New Bern
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Maps
Physical Dimensions
Paper: 19 ¾” X 15 3/8”
Image: 17” X 13 5/8”
Image: 17” X 13 5/8”
Collection
Citation
Graffenried, Christoph von, Baron, 1661-1743, “Plan der Schwytzerischen Coloney in Carolina, angefangen im October 1710 [Plan of the Swiss Colony in Carolina],” Craven County Digital History, accessed September 29, 2024, https://kellenberger.mycprl.org/digital/items/show/613.