Carte Generale de la Caroline ... Pierre Mortier/Nicolas Sanson

Amsterdam, 1696 (1700). 22 1/2" x 18 1/2". Copper plate engraving, original and modern color.
$7000.

First state of Mortier's map of the Carolinas, the French edition of Thornton, Morden & Lea's virtually unobtainable map of the region, first published in 1685. Cumming observes that the two maps are identical to the smallest geographical detail and provide the most complete and up to date view of the Carolinas available at the end of the 17th Century. The original counties are named, and numerous estates and plantations are identified. Inset of Charleston, founded in 1670. One of the earliest obtainable maps of the region to reflect any significant settlement. Extends from Albermarle County to south of the Savannah River

. Cumming No. 120, Burden II ,767