COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Date:
1747
Short Title:
44. Composite: Plan von Neu Ebenezer (with) Coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Savannah mills.
Publisher:
Matthaeus Seutter
Publisher Location:
Augsburg
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
51
Obj Width cm:
60
Note:
Composite of Plan von Neu Ebenezer and the adjoining (Coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Savannah mills). Ruderman: "Important early town plan of New Ebenezer on the Savannah River, accompanied by a large map of the region from Charleston and Augusta, GA in the north to Saint Augustine, Florida, with a smaller inset map of St. Simons River, and Great St. Simon's Island and Jekyl Isle. The map was prepared for Samuel Urlsperger's Ausfürhliche Nachrichten von den saltzburgischen emigranten, published by Matthaeus Seutter, 1747. The map illustrates one of the most interesting early colonies in the southeast. The Salzburgers were a group of Lutherans who were exiled from their homeland in Salzburg, Austria. In 1734, the English Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge sponsored the sea passage of a small group of them to America. Their first settlement, on the Ebenezer River, proved inhospitable, so in 1736 they moved to the banks of the Savannah River, where they founded New Ebenezer. With Savannah, founded only three years earlier, as a model, New Ebenezer was laid out on a grid pattern, punctuated by open squares and became a thriving locale known for its silk trade. It is now an archaeological site listed on the National Register of Historic Places; only the brick Jerusalem Lutheran Church and a few other buildings survive."
State/Province:
Florida
State/Province:
Georgia
State/Province:
South Carolina
Full Title:
44.(Composite of) Plan von Neu Ebenezer (with) (Coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Savannah mills.)
List No:
12040.121
Page No:
both sides of 44
Series No:
110
Engraver or Printer:
Tobias Conrad Lotter, 1717-1777
Publication Author:
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Pub Date:
1755
Pub Title:
Composite Seutter Atlas.
Pub Note:
A composite atlas of maps primarily by Mattaeus Seutter, but also includes maps by other authors. Date estimated. In two volumes: TOM III and TOM IV. No title page. In Latin, French, German, Italian; varies by sheet. Full color.
Pub List No:
12040.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
109
Pub Height cm:
56
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
12040121.jp2
Authors:
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
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