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1696 map of Carolina

About this map

Sanson, Nicholas d’Abbeville. Carte generale de la Caroline dresse sur les memoires le plus nouveaux par le Sieua. Chez Pierre Mortier, libraire, avec privilege de nos Seigneurs les etats, 1696.

Date created
1696
Location
North Carolina and South Carolina
License
Copyright unknown.
Source
Original image housed by Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries

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1696 black and white map of Carolina.

This French map of Carolina from 1696 shows major inlets and rivers. An inset of the Cooper and Ashley Rivers in what is now South Carolina shows the names and locations of settlers in the area.