Description: This 1827 map shows major rivers, lakes, coastal features, settlements, and roads in Florida. There are only twelve counties shown: Escambia, Walton, Jackson, Washington, Gadsden, Leon, Alachua, Nassau, Duval, St. Johns, Musquito, and Monroe. The Arredondo, Delespines, Mirandas, and Flemings Spanish land grants are shown. Sections of proposed shipping canals are also shown.
Source: Joseph Drayton, A complete historical, chronological, and geographical American atlas (Philadelphia, PA: Carey and Lea , 1827) Plate 37
Map Credit: Courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of South Florida |
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