[Chart of the coast of Georgia]

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[Chart of the coast of Georgia]
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Title:
[Chart of the coast of Georgia]
Title (alt.):
Coast of South Carolina and Georgia from Stono River to St. Mary's River
Description:
The charting has been continued to the north and east of the Savannah River, and an inset "Plan of the siege of Savannah, and the defeat of the French and Rebels on the 9th Oct 1779, by His Majesty's forces under the command of Major General Augustine Prevost. Surveyed by John Wilson A. Engineer" has been added to the lower right corner.
Creator:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
Date:
[ca. 1780]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Georgia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Georgia
Extent:
1 map : col. ; 78 x 56 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
London : J.F.W. Des Barres
Edition:
3rd state
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:372,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures and shading.
The charting has been continued to the north and east of the Savannah River.
An inset "Plan of the siege of Savannah, and the defeat of the French and Rebels on the 9th Oct 1779, by His Majesty's forces under the command of Major General Augustine Prevost. Surveyed by John Wilson A. Engineer" has been added to the lower right corner.
Third state according to LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, entry 1595.
Identifier:
06_01_010117