Image / Plan of Port Royal in South Carolina Survey'd by Capn. John Gascoigne

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Title: Plan of Port Royal in South Carolina Survey'd by Capn. John Gascoigne
Creator: Gascoigne, John, creator
Gascoigne, John, cartographer
Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1776-05-15
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "A very rare war map of South Carolina. It shows the different islands, the chief plantations, the soundings of the harbour and rivers, and indicates places of military importance." [Hilton Head Island is named Trench's Island on this map.] See 105:348 for a later version of this map. Sailing directions. Beautifully hand colored.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 380.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 72 x 58 cm., sheet 74 x 61 cm.
Identifier: 093:380 M
440415
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/9920
Language: English
Time Period: 1776
Place: North America
United States
South Carolina
Port Royal
W 79°59'/N 32°9' approx
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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