South Carolina

Historical maps, harbor charts, and views of South Carolina.

Archival Category: State Cartography | Era: 19th Century | Geography: North America | Holdings: 8 items.

Cataloged Works in this Collection

North America. Sheet XII. Georgia with parts of North & South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama & Florida.
Cartographer / Artist: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK)
Date: c. 1833
Medium: Steel plate engraving with hand-colored outline
Dimensions: 13.5 x 16.25 inches
Location: Georgia, United States
A finely engraved 19th-century map of Georgia and neighboring Southeastern states, illustrating early county formations, Cherokee territories, topographical features, and postal routes.
NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, and GEORGIA.
Cartographer / Artist: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford / Engraved by G. W. Boynton
Date: 1838
Medium: Engraving with original hand color
Dimensions: 10 x 13 inches (25.4 x 33 cm)
Location: Southeastern United States (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
An attractive 1838 map of the American Southeast published in Bradford's *Illustrated Atlas*, delineating county boundaries, early railroads, canals, and physical geography across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Cartographer / Artist: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (Publisher), George Washington Boynton (Engraver)
Date: 1838
Medium: Engraving with original hand coloring
Dimensions: 11.5 x 14.5 inches (sheet)
Location: South Carolina, United States
Published in T.G. Bradford's *An Illustrated Atlas*, this fine 1838 map engraved by G.W. Boynton details South Carolina's antebellum judicial districts, major towns, roads, and coastal features.
Preliminary Chart of Beaufort River, Station Creek, Story and Harbor Rivers Forming Inside Passage Between Port Royal and St. Helena Sounds, South Carolina
Cartographer / Artist: A.D. Bache Superintendent / Triangulation by C.O. Boutelle / Topography by John Seib and C. Rockwell / Hydrography under command of J.M. Maffitt, J.P. Bankhead, and C.O. Boutelle
Date: 1864
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 📐 28.1 × 22.6 in / 71.4 × 57.4 cm
Location: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
A highly detailed Civil War-period hydrographic chart plotting complex lowcountry channels, sounding numbers, and tidal tables around Hunting and Pritchards Islands.
Sketch E. No. 6: Bull's Bay Harbor of Refuge, Coast of South Carolina
Cartographer / Artist: A.D. Bache Superintendent / Reconnoissance under command of Lieut. J.N. Maffitt / S.A. Gilbert Sub Assistant
Date: circa 1850s
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 📐 9.0 × 10.8 in / 22.9 × 27.4 cm
Location: Bull's Bay, South Carolina, United States
An early hydrographic reconnaissance chart documenting sandbars, channels, and soundings for Bull's Bay.
Sketch E Showing the Progress of the Survey of Section V from 1847 to 1854
Cartographer / Artist: A.D. Bache / P.S. Duval & Co.
Date: 1847
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 📐 26.7 × 9.2 in / 67.8 × 23.4 cm
Location: South Carolina, United States
An early progress chart showing geodetic triangulation networks covering coastal South Carolina.
Preliminary Chart of Port Royal Entrance, Beaufort Chechessee and Colleton Rivers, South Carolina
Cartographer / Artist: A.D. Bache Superintendent / Triangulation by C.O. Boutelle / Hydrography by J.N. Maffitt & C.M. Fauntleroy
Date: circa 1850s
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 📐 21.6 × 26.6 in / 54.9 × 67.6 cm
Location: Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, United States
A critically important large-scale coastal chart containing comprehensive bottom soundings and precise navigational instructions for Hilton Head Island and Port Royal.
Preliminary Chart of Bull's Bay, South Carolina
Cartographer / Artist: A.D. Bache Superintendent / Triangulation by C.O. Boutelle / Hydrography by J.N. Maffitt & J.P. Bankhead
Date: circa 1850s
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 📐 22.3 × 18.0 in / 56.6 × 45.7 cm
Location: Bulls Bay, South Carolina, United States
A detailed hydrographic survey chart mapping sounding depths, navigation channels, and shoals for Bull's Bay.