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A map of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia

A map of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia

Descriptive Summary

Title: A map of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
Creator: Purcell, Joseph.
Inclusive Dates: 1788
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 item(s)
Extent: 1 map ; 32 x 37 cm.
Collection Number: hmap1788p7
Repository: Hargrett Map Collection

Collection Description

Scope and Content

Relief shown pictorially; Shows borders, roads, towns, and Native American villages; Prime meridians: Philadelphia and London; From Jedidiah Morse's American geography, or, A view of the present situation of the United States of America. Elizabethtown, N.J. : Printed by Shepard Kollock, 1789; Beneath bottom border: Engrav'd for Morse's Geography by Amos Doolittle at New Haven, 1788; This map has been republished in various other editions of Morse's geography, also in a French work by Charles Pictet, entitled Tableau de la situation actuelle des Etats-Unis d'Amerique...Paris, Du Pont, 1795. v. 2, opp. p. 10; Lowery Collection, no. 678; Publication: New Haven : s.n. Includes boundary between United States and Spanish Dominions, territory of Indian Nation, roads, towns, Indian towns and villages.


Administrative Information

Custodial History

Two copies. C.1 has newspaper backing; c.2 marked Moore Purchase.

Preferred Citation note

A map of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, hmap1788p7, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Indians of North America -- Southern States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Maps.
Southern States -- Boundaries -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Southern States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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hmap1788p7A map of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia : comprehending the Spanish provinces of East and West Florida, exhibiting the boundaries as fixed by the late treaty of peace between the United States and the Spanish dominions; compiled from late surveys and observations / by Joseph Purcell ; engraved by Amos Doolittle, 1788 Access Online