For a history of the 1808 (1807?) Price-Strother map of North Carolina, please see the article published in 2014 in the Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA Journal), available here. Some of the source documents for that essay are available via the following PDFs:
North Carolina legislative documents relating to the Price-Strother map
Advertisements and reviews for the Price-Strother map in contemporary publications
Mentions of the Price-Strother map in contemporary correspondence