Artist/Maker

T.F.L. __Engraver ||Oglethorpe, James Edward __After

Place Made

Date Made

1735

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

HOA: 15″; WOA: 14 1/4″ (sight)

Accession Number

3566

Description

James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785) was eager to attract German-speaking protestants to the Georgia Colony. In 1735 Oglethorpe sent the manuscript map on which this map is based to London. Unlike the better known perspective view of Savannah, this map depicts both the familiar town plan and the farm lots outside of town. It also depicts other nearby settlements, forts, roads, and outposts.

REFERENCES: Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, 246.

History

This map was originally published in Samuel Urlsperger’s Der Ausfuhrliche Nachrichten.., Halle, 1735.

Credit Line

MESDA Purchase Fund