The Southeast in Early Maps (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

About this book

First published in 1958 The Southeast in Early Maps is William Cummings classic study of the mapping of the Southeast before the American Revolution. By analyzing printed and manuscript maps of the area in the light of other contemporary primary documents the book traces the expansion of geographical knowledge about the Southeast over the course of its discovery and colonization. With 124 illustrations including a new gallery of 24 color reproductions of maps selected from the Cumming Collection in the E. H. Little Library at Davidson College this stunning edition will be a valuable reference for scholars collectors cartographers geographers historians archaeologists archivists librarians genealogists and surveyors. It features an introductory essay on the early historical cartography of the region an extensive annotated checklist of printed and manuscript local maps from the colonial period an updated bibliography and a new section on the role of Native Americans in the mapping of the Southeast.