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1696 map of Carolina

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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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