Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida

Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida

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Title: Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida
Creator: Fuller, William, Captain
Inclusive Dates: 1770
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 item(s)
Extent: 3 maps : color ; on one sheet 53 x 63 cm.
Collection Number: hmap1770f7
Repository: Hargrett Map Collection

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Alternate title: Chart of the entrance into St. Mary's River; Alternate title: Chart of the mouth of Nassau River; Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings; Hand colored; Dedication in cartouche: "To the Right Honourable John Earl of Egmont &c. this plate is most humbly inscribed by his lordship's most obedient, humble servant, Willm. Fuller"; At upper right: View of the entrance into St. Mary's River; Insets: left border, Plan of Amelia Island, Taken from DeBrahm's Map of South Carolina & Georgia: scale: 3 miles = ca. 2 15/16 inches; Bottom right, A chart of the mouth of Nassau River...by Captn. W. Fuller: scale: 3 miles = ca. 5 13/16 inches; Imprint is on lower outside margin; Phillips, Atlases, Vol. I, 1208, no. 26 [see also 1337, no. 29]; In: Faden, W. The North American Atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, charts...copy B. London, for W. Faden, 1777. no. 26; DeRenne, 1212; Publication: [London] : Thomas Jefferys, 1770


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Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida, hmap1770f7, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


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hmap1770f7Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida : north point of Amelia Island lyes in 30:55 north latitude 80:23 w. longitude from London, taken from De Brahm's Map of South Carolina & Georgia ; A chart of the entrance into St. Mary's River, taken by Captn. W. Fuller in November 1769 ; A chart of the mouth of Nassau River with the bar and the soundings on it, taken at low water by Captn. W. Fuller., 1770 Access Online

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