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circa 1696

Sanson, Nicholas, 1600-1667

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Title: Carte generale de la Caroline dresse sur les memoirs le plus nouveaux

Map of North and South Carolina in an early period of settlement. Includes an inset of the area around Charleston, which locates plantations. This copy has a pencil note "1740" in margin, but no evidence for dating. In fact, this map remained current without change in French atlases for more than half a century. Borders are colored in pink, yellow, and green. Reference number: Cumming 120, Phillips 3448.

GLC05236

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