Description: This detail of a 1850 map from the New Universal Atlas shows towns, forts, roads, canals, major rivers and lakes in Levy County. The map is very similar to the 1839 map from Tanner's Universal Atlas. There are references to forts, battlefields, and routes used by the Army during the Seminole War. Three forts are shown in this detail: Fanning, Jenning, and Clinch.
Place Names: Levy, Fort Fanning, Fort Jenning, Vacasassy Bay, Pagoi Islands, Withlacoochee River, Fort Clinch,
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans, society, transportation
Keywords: Levy County, physical, political, transportation, historical, physical features, county borders, roads, other military, boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans, society, transportation, Unknown,1850
Source: Samuel Augustus Mitchell, A New Universal Atlas (Philadelphia, PA: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850) 21
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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