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Auction 155, Lot 250

"A Map of the Seat of War in Florida", U.S. Army

Subject: Florida

Period: 1836 (dated)

Publication: American State Papers

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.8 x 14.3 inches
27.4 x 36.3 cm
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This is the first map by Major Gen. W. Scott to show the progress of the Seminole Wars. The map shows much of northern Florida from Charlotte Harbor in the southwest to St. Augustine in the northeast. Locates Tampa Bay, Lake George, Drums Lake, and numerous forts including Drane, Izard, Cooper, Alabama and Brooke. Delineates the routes of Gen. Eustis, Col. Goodwin, plus the Military Road from Fort Brooke to Fort King. Locates swamps, fords, numerous small settlements and a few battle sites. Many interesting place names like Negro Town, located northeast of Fort Cooper on the edge of the Great Swamp or the Cove of the Ouithlacoochee.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding, now pressed with light toning, minor offsetting, and a small hole in the Gulf of Mexico. There is an archivally repaired tear that enters 1.5" into map at right.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $180

Closed on 11/18/2015

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