PLAN of the Town and Port of BRUNSWICK in Brunswick County. NORTH CAROLINA

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PLAN of the Town and Port of BRUNSWICK in Brunswick County. NORTH CAROLINA
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Item Information

Title:
PLAN of the Town and Port of BRUNSWICK in Brunswick County. NORTH CAROLINA
Cartographer:
Sauthier, Claude Joseph
Former owner:
George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Donor:
George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Contributor:
Tryon, William, 1729-1788
Name on Item:
Survey'd & Drawn in April 1769 By C,J, Sauthier.
Date:
1769
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Russelborough--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Brunswick Town (N.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Extent:
1 map : manuscript pen and ink, colour ; 43 x 53 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Scale:
Scale approximately 1:3,300
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004987624
Notes:
Relief shown by shading.
With a scale of fathoms, within the title at lower right.
With a short lettered key (A-D) within the title at lower right identifying the church, court house, "Goal" and "His Excellency Governor TRYON's House and Plantation" (Russelborough).
With a decorative compass arrow in the Cape Fear River orienting north to the left of the map.
Titled "A drawn Plan of the Town and Port of Brunswick, in Brunswick County, North Carolina; surveyed and drawn in April 1769, by C.I. Sauthier" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
Titled 'A "plan of the town and port of Brunswick, in Brunswick county, North Carolina; surveyed and drawn in April, 1769, by C.J. Sauthier," on a scale of 45 fathoms to an inch: 1 f. 3 in. x 1 f. 4 1/2 in.' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.
Historic Brunswick Town on the Cape Fear River in North Carolina including Russelborough, the home of two North Carolina Governors.