Image: CharlestownSC1780

Description: This is a detail of the source map, showing the port of Charleston, South Carolina and the coastline to the south as far as Johns Island. It has markings depicting Continental Army defenses set up in anticipation of British attack. The map was probably drawn by British engineers around the time of the 1780 Siege of Charleston.
Title: CharlestownSC1780
Credit: From the Boston Public Library Digital Map Collection: http://maps.bpl.org/details_11098/ Call number: G3914.C3 1780 .S67
Author: George Sproule
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