North Carolina / South Carolina
PrinterPrinted by
Mather, Case, Tiffany & Burnham
(American, active 1841)
Date1841
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on paper, lined with linen
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 23 1/8 x 27 3/8in. (58.7 x 69.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 24 3/4 x 28 7/8in. (62.9 x 73.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 25 1/8 x 29 1/4in. (63.8 x 74.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.222.9
DescriptionMap of North and South Carolina. The boundary lines are marked with broken solid lines and pink watercolor. There are several solid black lines that have been colored red or green. None of the places on the map are labeled; instead, there are numbers and letters, some marked with circles, that correspond with information in the key, published separately from the map. Natural features include elevation, conveyed with hachure marks, islands and rivers.
Label TextSchoolchildren using this map to learn geography during the 1840s would been expected to identify the principle cities and geographical features of each state and to answer questions like the following: "What are the staple commodities raised in this state?" "What attention is paid to education?" "Are there any persons who can neither read or write?" None of the questions directly addressed the question of slavery, though it must have arisen during classroom discussions. Twenty years later, during the Civil War, some of these same schoolchildren would have fought and died in the Carolinas.
NotesCartographic Note: No scaleStatus
Not on view
