"Carte Particuliere De La Caroline..." Pierre Mortier/Nicolas Sanson .

Amsterdam, 1696 (1700). 23 5/8" x 19" Copper plate engraving with fine outline hand coloring.

$8,100

Framed to Museum Standards

First state of this highly detailed map of the area around Charleston, South Carolina (founded 1670), based upon the surveys and manuscript maps of Maurice Mathews and an extremely rare map of South Carolina by Thornton and Morden, published ca. 1695 and is widely regarded as the first obtainable map of the region around Charleston to appear in a Commercial Atlas. The map extends from the Edisto River in the South to the Sewee and Santee Rivers in the North, centered on Charles Town and the Cooper River. While the title is in French, the map names many of the early landowners around Charleston and along the coastline and the major rivers, extending far up the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, Goos Creek, Edisto River and Wando River. At the northernmost point on the Cooper River, the Santee Indian Fort, and Colleton's Barony are shown. Sir John Colleton (1608-1666) lost most of his property to the forces of Parliament, but was later knighted by Charles II, upon restoration of the Stuart Monarchy. He was a member of the Council for Foreign Plantations and of the Royal African Company which introduced slavery into British possessions in North America. He was one of the 8 proprietors of the Carolina grant and actively interested in its success, although he died relatively shortly after its creation in 1665. The map locates the "Wando", "Sewel", "Sompa" Indian tribes, along with the "Santee Indian fort".

Cumming No. 121, Burden II, 768