- Collection:
- Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Rare Map Collection
- Title:
- A plan representing the form of setling the districts, or county divisions in the Margravate of Azilia
- Creator:
- Montgomery, Robert, Sir, 1680-1731
- Publisher:
- [London : s.n.]
- Date of Original:
- 1717
- Subject:
- Georgia--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- maps (documents)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- From: Sir Robert Montgomery, A discourse concerning the design'd establishment of a new colony to the South of Carolina. London, 1717.
In 1717 Montgomery secured from the proprietors of Carolina a grant of all lands between the rivers Altamaha and Savannah, to be erected into a distinct province. To this he gave the name of Margravate of Azilia; no colonists were sent out, however, and at the end of three years the grant became void by its own limitations.
DeRenne, 6.
The first effort to establish an English colony south of the Savannah River occurred in 1717 when the Carolina Proprietors granted to Sir Robert Montgomery the land between the Savannah and Altamaha rivers to create a separate colony. Within this land grant, Montgomery proposed to create the Margravate of Azilia. A "margravate" was a German military colony, while "Azilia" was fanciful name of unknown origin. (http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/aziliagrant.htm).
http://www.ourgeorgiahistory.com/early/azilia.html.
Scale not given. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_hmap_hmap1717m6
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_hmap_hmap1717m6#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_hmap_hmap1717m6/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Title], [map number], Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Extent:
- 1 map : uncol. ; 236 mm x 236 mm.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
