Research Catalog

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...

Author

De Brahm, John Gerar William, 1717-approximately 1799

Publication

London : Published according to Act of Parliament by T. Jefferys, Octr. 20, 1757.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785.
• Bull, William, 1683-1755
• Gascoigne, John, -1753
• Bryan, Hugh, 1699-1753
• Jefferys, Thomas, -1771

Description

1 map on 2 sheets : hand colored; 135 x 122 cm, sheets 73 x 127 cm, and 72 x 127 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US221.1.02

Subjects

• Real property > South Carolina > Maps > Early works to 1800
• South Carolina > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Real property > Georgia > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Maps
• Georgia > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Early maps

Genre/Form

• Early maps.
• Maps.

Note

• Prime meridian: London.
• Includes tables list names of the major proprietors in the two provinces and dedication by William De Brahm "To the Right Honourable Lord George Germaine ..."
• "Composed from surveys taken by the Hon. William Bull esq. lieutenant governor, Captain Gascoign, Hugh Bryan esqr, and the author, William De Brahm, surveyor general to the province of South Carolina, one of the surveyors of Georgia and late captain engineer under his imperial majesty Charles VII ; engrav'd by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales."

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 17-5281

OCLC

537979776

Author

De Brahm, John Gerar William, 1717-approximately 1799, creator, surveyor.

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...

Publisher

London : Published according to Act of Parliament by T. Jefferys, Octr. 20, 1757.

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:320,000 (W 82°05ʹ--W 77°55ʹ/N 34°40ʹ--N 30°55ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 9, page 244, column 1, no. 2

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: several small pieces of map lacking along the fold line.

Source

US221.1.02

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785.

Bull, William, 1683-1755, surveyor.

Gascoigne, John, -1753, surveyor.

Bryan, Hugh, 1699-1753, surveyor.

Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, engraver, publisher.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-5281