A place to discuss North Carolina's cartographic history
A small map published in late 1795 holds a special place of distinction in North
Carolina’s cartographic history. Occacock from Actual Survey. By I. Price 1795 was the very first map drawn and engraved and printed in North Carolina.
by Carolina RareMaps Where did our Wimble maps go? In 1738, James Wimble’s chart of the coast of North Carolina was published in London. The map was printed on two large sheets that, when joined, measure approximately 57 x 96… Read moreWhat happened to the Wimble maps of North Carolina?
The Pocket Atlas Maps of North Carolina published by Mathew Carey, 1796-1820. Mathew Carey published his first “Carey’s American Pocket Atlas” in 1796. The engraved plate for this map of North Carolina was used in later issues of Carey’s pocket… Read moreCarey Pocket Atlas Maps of North Carolina
Greetings from the William P. Cumming Map Society, Mark your calendar for an event sponsored and hosted by the William P. Cumming Map Society and the North Carolina Collection Gallery at UNC-Chapel Hill. The event includes a presentation by one… Read moreMargaret Pritchard: “More than meets the eye…”
This update is already outdated. An example of the Price-Strother map sold in 2024 has earlier states of the Western and Piedmont sheets than previously known. One day I may get around to updating this post. Or maybe not; depends… Read moreVariants and States of Price-Strother map of North Carolina
Joseph Purcell’s “A Map of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia…” was first engraved and printed in 1788, and published in the August 1788 issue of American Magazine, and the 1789 edition of Jedidiah Morse’s American… Read moreGeneva edition of Purcell’s map of SE USA.
Freydeck suddenly appeared west of the Blue Ridge (in current day Ashe County) on several English and French maps of North America published in 1755. By the end of the 18th Century, Freydeck was gone. What is the origin of this extinct North Carolina place name?
William D. Cooke published an outline map of North Carolina, primarily for legislators, in 1852 and another in 1872. No surviving copies of the 1852 map, or the final version of the 1872 map are currently known. Has anyone seen one of these maps?
Samuel Pearce published a huge map of North Carolina in 1859, embellished with decorative elements at the top and bottom. It represents the final map printed from the copper plates first used to print the 1833 MacRae-Brazier map.
A most peculiar wall map of North Carolina was printed in about 1858. Decorative elements were borrowed from a number of NY county maps.