The Southeast in early maps
By: William P. Cumming.
Contributors: De Vorsey, Louis.
Edition: 3rd ed. / rev. and enl. by Louis De Vorsey, Jr.
Series: The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press; The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: Cartography -- Southern States.; Southern States -- Maps.
Description: First published in 1958, The Southeast in Early Maps is William Cumming's classic study of the mapping of the Southeast before the American Revolution. By analyzing printed and manuscript maps of the region in light of other contemporary primary documents, the book traces the expansion of geographical knowledge about the Southeast over the course of its discovery and colonization.

With 124 illustrations - including a gallery of 24 color reproductions of maps selected from the Cumming Collection in the E. H. Little Library at Davidson College - this edition will be a valuable reference for collectors, cartographers, geographers, historians, archaeologists, archivists, librarians, genealogists, and surveyors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.