COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Tanner, Henry S.
Author:
Wilson, John
Date:
1822
Short Title:
Composite: Map Of South Carolina
Publisher:
H.S. Tanner
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Composite Map
Obj Height cm:
114
Obj Width cm:
148
Scale 1:
380,160
Note:
Northwest sheet of four. Shows counties by tinted outline. Features include boundaries, meeting houses, post offices, taverns, private houses, mills, battle grounds, streams, roads, canals, marshes, and swamps. Exquisite engraving.
Reference:
P-Maps 822; Ristow 127-128.
State/Province:
South Carolina
Full Title:
(Composite of) A Map Of South Carolina, Constructed and Drawn from the District Surveys, ordered by the Legislature: by John Wilson, late Civil & Military Engineer of So: Cara. The Astronomical Observations by Professor Geo: Blackburn & I.M. Elford. Engraved by H.S. Tanner Philadelphia. Entered according to Act of Congress, the 10th day of April 1822, by John Wilson, Agent of the Board of Public Works of the State of South Carolina.
List No:
4996.005
Series No:
5
Engraver or Printer:
Tanner, Henry S.
Publication Author:
Tanner, Henry S.
Publication Author:
Wilson, John
Pub Date:
1822
Pub Title:
A Map Of South Carolina, Constructed and Drawn from the District Surveys, ordered by the Legislature: by John Wilson, late Civil & Military Engineer of So: Cara. The Astronomical Observations by Professor Geo: Blackburn & I.M. Elford. Engraved by H.S. Tanner Philadelphia.
Pub Reference:
P-Maps 822; Ristow 127-128.
Pub Note:
The first large scale map of South Carolina made after independence. With an inset map of Charleston Harbor. Wilson was the State Civil and Military Engineer and the creation of an accurate state map reflecting all the new internal improvements was one his responsibilities. Tanner refers to the resulting map as "one of our best and most scientific maps..." It was made using district surveys commissioned by the state, which later became the source of the district maps in Mills' Atlas of South Carolina of 1825. This copy is one of twenty discovered by the University of South Carolina, in the four original sheets, in superb condition.
Pub List No:
4996.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Maps:
4
Pub Height cm:
63
Pub Width cm:
82
Image No:
4996005
Authors:
Tanner, Henry S.; Wilson, John
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Link To Source
Composite: Map Of South Carolina
