The map provides a detailed plan of Charleston and its fortifications, with a key showing approximately 20 battle details., along with the blockade of the Cooper River, and the names and details of the various ships engaged in the siege and other battle notes.
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While the engraving style is naïve, the map is full of interesting details. Ramsay's book has the distinction of being the first work granted a copyright in the United States. The map is also one of the earliest battle plans of the Revolution engraved in America and the only earliest Charleston Battle Plan engraved in America. The source material for this map is also interesting, in that Nebenzahl does not note any direct sources for the map, suggesting that Abernethie's map is quite possibly derived from American sources. Augustine, published in Charleston in 1742, Abernethie's maps are apparently the earliest maps published south of the Mason-Dixon Line. With the exception of Moreau Sarrazin's plan of St. Very little is known about his life and work, which includes the maps for Ramsay's book, some treasury notes for the City of Charleston early Masonic bookplates and other local ephemera, as well as a reduced version of Petrie's Ichnography of Charleston. Thomas Abernethie was an early Scottish engraver in Charleston, South Carolina.
Scarce and important Charleston Battle Plan, issued in David Ramsay's History of the Revolution of South Carolina.A Sketch of the Operations before Charleston the Capital of South Carolina 1780
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