[Map of the coast of Florida from Fort William to Musketae River] [north sheet]

George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

Todiman, Lieutenant

1743

Scale not given

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Coasts--Florida--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Florida--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Saint Augustine (Fla.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Florida
• North and Central America
• Saint Augustine
• Saint Johns (county)
• United States

1 map on 2 sheets : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour over pencil ; each sheet 50 x 68 cm

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• Production details from Lowery.
• Sounding depths are given.
• Shows roads.
• North is oriented to the right of the map and is indicated by a decorative compass rose.
• Two sheets intended to be joined to form one map - text runs from one sheet to the other.
• The northern sheet extends from Fort William and part of Talbot Island on the mouth of the St John's River to St Augustine.
• The northern sheet includes an inset map "THE EAST of S.t AUGUSTINE TOWN, CASTLE and FORCES before it on the ISLAND of ANASTATIA" with an extensive letterd (A-Z) and numbered (1-8) key. Shows where General Oglethorpe landed his troops [Siege of St Augustine, 1740].
• The southern sheet extends from "Matansa Inlet" to the mouth of the "Musketae River".
• The southern sheet shows a blank title at upper left.
• The southern sheet includes an untitled inset showing St Augustine at a larger scale (approximately 1;36,000 - scale indicated in pencil only).
• The southern sheet includes an inset map "A DRAUGHT of MATANZA inlet as taken by Livt Todiman of the Phoenix who was sent with the Pilots of the Men of War on purpose to sound the same" (scale approximately 1:68,000).
• Titled "A drawn Plan of the Coast of East Florida from Fort William to Musketae River; with a Plan and View of the Town of St. Augustine. Two sheets. Unfinished" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
• Titled "A plan of the coast of East Florida from Fort William to Anastatia Island: with a bird's-eye view of the town of St. Augustine, to shew the attack and capture of the place by the English forces under General Oglethorpe in 1740; unfinished: 2 f. 4 in. x 1 f. 8 in." in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.