Description: This detail of a 1827 map shows major rivers, lakes, coastal features, settlements, and roads in Musquito County. The county is traversed by many waterways such as the Asternal River, the Saint Lucie River, the Indian River, the Amaxura River, and the Ockawaha River. The coast features Mosquito Beach, Cape Cannaveral, the Indian River Inlet, and Jupiter Inlet. The lakes that are shown are Lake Macaco, Lake Simmons, Lake Eustis, Freshwater Lake, Lake George, Spring Garden Lake, and Monroes Lake. Sections of proposed shipping canals are also shown.
Place Names: Mosquito, Lake George, Drayton Island, Spring Garden Island, Mosquito Beach, Musquito, Delespines Grant, Flemings GRant, Fresh Water ISland, Indian River Inlet, St Lucie River, Lake Simmons, Mirandas Grant, Lake Eustis, Okekumke, Chicuchate, Lake Macaco, Asternal River, Bowmans Creek, Hutchinsons Hummocks, Jupiter Inlet, Freshwater Lake, Cape Cannaveral, Indian River,
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans
Keywords: Detail - Geographical, statistical, and historical map of Florida, physical, political, historical, physical features, major political subdivisions, county borders, boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans, Unknown,1827
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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