SC Charleston 1872 MAP – Historic Map Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique map captures SC Charleston 1872 MAP in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Charleston, South Carolina 1872
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SC Charleston 1872 MAP
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Charleston, South Carolina, appears here as a bird's-eye panorama dated 1872, seen from a high vantage point above the peninsula where the harbor meets the Ashley and Cooper rivers. The view is credited to C. N. Drie, a draftsman who produced many such city panoramas in the 1870s, when they let readers take in an entire town at a glance. Charleston was still recovering in these years from the Civil War and the great fire of 1861 that destroyed much of its downtown, so the map shows a city in the middle of rebuilding. Church steeples and wharves were the landmarks that defined the skyline, and they are worth looking for.
| Created / published | 1872 |
|---|---|
| Creator | drie, c. n. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,228 × 3,440 px · prints to 17 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Charleston, South Carolina 1872 |
| Reference | SC-Charleston-1872 |
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