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

Faden, William, 1749-1836

Publication

London : Published as the Act directs by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, June 1st, 1780.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785
• De Brahm, John Gerar William, 1717-approximately 1799
• Stuart, John, 1718-1779
• Bull, William, 1683-1755
• Gascoigne, John, -1753
• Bryan, Hugh, 1699-1753

Description

1 map on 4 sheets : hand colored; 136 x 124 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US222.1.05

Subjects

• Real property
• Georgia
• South Carolina > Maps
• Maps
• Early maps
• Real property > Georgia > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Georgia > Administrative and political divisions > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Georgia > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Real property > South Carolina > Maps > Early works to 1800
• South Carolina > Administrative and political divisions > Maps > Early works to 1800
• South Carolina > Maps > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Early maps.
• Maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
• Includes tables listing names of the major proprietors in the two provinces and dedication by William Faden "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 William De Brahm esqr., 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 Superintendant of Indian Affairs; by William Faden, successor to the late T. Jefferys, geographer to the King. Charing Cross, 1780."
• Ornate cartouche, bottom right, encloses title, etc.

Indexed In (note)

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

Call Number

Map Div. 17-5287

OCLC

166643453

Author

Faden, William, 1749-1836, creator, publisher.

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 as the Act directs by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, June 1st, 1780.

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 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:

Phillips. Maps of America, p. 820

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 9, page 244, column 1, no. 7

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: lacking 2 of the 4 sheets: northeast and southwest sheets.

Source

US222.1.05

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785, dedicatee.

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

Stuart, John, 1718-1779, surveyor.

Bull, William, 1683-1755, surveyor.

Gascoigne, John, -1753, surveyor.

Bryan, Hugh, 1699-1753, surveyor.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-5287 [2 sheets only]