Popple, Henry
1742

Antique plan of the Harbor of Charleston South Carolina

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The Town and Harbour of Charles Town in South Carolina

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Scarce antique copper-plate engraved harbor plan of Charleston ( Charles Town ), South Carolina after Herman Moll. This antique map shows the defensive walls and cannon batteries that surrounded Charleston in the early 18th century. Popple identifies by name more than 20 key locations on the map.

Key features named on the map include:
  • The Ashley River
  • Marsh Island
  • Cooper River
  • Johnson's Fort
  • Granville Battery and several other batteries
  • The Half Moon
  • Hog Island Creek
  • Quaker's Meeting Place
Popple's early map Includes named locations of properties and homes of some of the early settlers in the Charleston area including:
  • Gilbertson
  • Underwood
  • Stobow
  • Ferguson
  • Vandros
  • Garnets
  • Johnson
This antique map was originally published by Covens and Mortier in 1742 in "Les Principales Forteresses Ports etc. de L'Amerique Septentrionale" a sheet containing harbor and island maps and plans of the Americas. This map is a fragment trimmed from the larger sheet.

That sheet of 18 maps and plans of islands and harbors was publihed by Covens and Mortier to replace Popple's original large map of 20 sheets with a more manageable six-sheet version. Popple's original map was titled: "A Map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto".

CREATOR: Popple, Henry

PUBLICATION DATE: 1742

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Cooper River

CONDITION: Fair.  Trimmed almost to the neatline at right and left. Other margins short. Washed. A few small black spots at top.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 6 " x 6 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 3

PRICE: $

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