MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
C-0138
File Name:
C-0138
Call number:
Cabinet Ce736 / 1 Ms.
Map title:
The fort at Frederica in Georgia as layd down by a Swiss Engineer facing [the] principal Street of that Town.
Place of Publication:
[Georgia]
Publication date:
1736
Map size height:
25.5 cm.
Map size width:
35.5 cm.
Item description:
manuscript
Geographical description:
Plan of the fort at Frederica, Georgia, on the Alatamak River. Includes scale and profile of wall [?].
Geographic Area:
North America
Historical notes:
Established by James Oglethorp to defend the colony of Georgia against Spanish attack from Florida, Fort Frederica was founded in 1733. It functioned as a fort until 1748 when the peace treaty between England and Spain spelled the end of its usefulness.
Normalized date:
1736

The fort at Frederica in Georgia as layd down by a Swiss Engineer facing [the] principal S...

The fort at Frederica in Georgia as layd down by a Swiss Engineer facing [the] principal Street of that Town.