Description: This 1871 map of Florida shows county lines current to the period, major towns and cities, and railroad routes. Miami is subtitled "Biscayne P. O." The Township and Range survey grid is shown extending from the Tallahassee Base Line and the Tallahassee Meridian (established in 1824) and the fact that much of the Everglades and the Forbes Purchase or Forbes Grant in northern Florida were not surveyed in 1871. Although the Everglades were not surveyed using the Township Range grid, many "island" features are shown in the glades, including Prophets, Cabbage, Sam Jones, Bear, Lulaxia, Chikiki, Capabula, and Burke islands, and Long Key. Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center.
Source: Asher & Adams, Asher & Adams’ new commercial, topographical, and statistical atlas and gazetteer of the United States (New York, NY: Asher & Adams, 1871)
Map Credit: Courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of South Florida |
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