A place to discuss North Carolina's cartographic history
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.
The 1857 wall map of North Carolina, published by William D. Cooke, is one of the rarest 19th Century maps of the state. Learn more about its publication history and the various states of the map.