Dec 08, 2016 - Sale 2434

Sale 2434 - Lot 84

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
GASCOIGNE, JOHN; and FADEN, WILLIAM. A Plan of Port Royal in South Carolina. Survey'd by Capn. John Gascoigne. Engraved sea chart of South Carolina's Port Royal Sound and Hilton Head area. 32 3/4x25 3/4 inches sheet size, wide margins with deckle edges; light edge soiling with minor expert marginal repairs. London: Jefferys & Faden, [1773]

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The finest and most detailed map of the area from the early days of the Revolutionary War; in addition to the excellent nautical information, many plantations are individually labeled. Stevens & Tree, Comparative Cartography 71(a) first state; Cumming, British Maps of Colonial America, pp.47-49.