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  • Caroline Meridionale et Partie de la Georgie Par le Chevr. Bull Gouverneur Lieutenant le Capitaine Gascoign, Chevr. Bryan et de Brahm Arpenteur General de la Caroline Meridle, et un des Arpenteurs de la Georgie en 4 Feuilles.

Caroline Meridionale et Partie de la Georgie Par le Chevr. Bull Gouverneur Lieutenant le Capitaine Gascoign, Chevr. Bryan et de Brahm Arpenteur General de la Caroline Meridle, et un des Arpenteurs de la Georgie en 4 Feuilles.

  • ARTIST: William De Brahm

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Louis Le Rouge. A Paris Chez le Rouge Ingenieur Geographe du Roi, Rue des Grands Augustins avec Privilege du Roi.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving

    DATE: 1777.

  • EDITION SIZE: Four sheets joined into two horizontal sheets. Each, 25 3/4 x 41". Overall if joined 51 1/2 x 41" (130.9x 104.1 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine example of the Le Rouge edition of William Gerard De Brahm's Map of South Carolina and a Part of Georgia . . . (1757). It is the most important and influential map of South Carolina and the northern part of Georgia produced during the British Colonial era. De Brahm's map is based on his own scientific surveys and those of William Bull, John Gascoigne and Hugh Bryan. It is considered the most significant colonial map of South Carolina and northern Georgia. This remarkable map was published on a scale of about one inch for five miles. While the interior is largely left unfinished, the detail along the coast and interior water courses is highly accurate. “This map shows the coast from the North Carolina boundary line southward to St. Mary's River in Georgia and extends westward to the Indian country ... For the coastal region and up the larger rivers as far as the settlements extend, great care and detail in surveying is evident ... The actual amount of topographical information given ... is impressive.” (William P. Cumming “Southeast” p.280).<br><br> The Le Rouge edition is as or more rare than the original edition by De Brahm. Published at the outset of the American Revolution to meet the demand for information regarding the American Colonies, Le Rouge produced his monumental Atlas Amèriquain Sepentrionale, which copied a number of the finest separately issued American maps, and in this regard was a significantly better compilation of maps than Jefferys American Atlas (which includes Henry Mouzon's map of the Carolinas, but does not include the De Brahm). For this map, lamenting the open space in the lower right corner, Le Rouge added what he termed as a free bonus, a faithful reproduction of Claude Sauthier's map of the Course of the Hudson, which at the time was of great importance at the outset of the American Revolution. <br><br> De Brahm was a German born military officer who befriended the Bishop of Augsburg, who was then promoting a Georgia Colony to displaced Germans. De Brahm came to Georgia in 1751 and was soon employed as a surveyor in Georgia and South Carolina, where he was appointed surveyor general in 1754.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: A landmark of American cartography. For the first time a large area in the Southern Colonies was mapped accurately making use of scientific surveys. Settlements, lagoons, and coastal islands are correctly located. This key map was used as the basis for numerous maps throughout the century. (Schwartz & Ehrenberg)

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Original outline color.

  • REFERENCE: Cumming, Wm. "Southeast" #310; Degrees of Latitude, 57 (1757 edition)

  • CATEGORIES: Maps

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