- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- James Oglethorpe
- Creator:
- Jennifer Morrow
- Date of Original:
- 2010-02-12
- Subject:
- Generals--Georgia
Political leadership--Georgia
Men--Georgia
Statesmen--Georgia
Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785--Portraits
Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- paintings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- James Edward Oglethorpe is credited with founding Georgia. The first group of British settlers landed at the site of the planned town, then known as Yamacraw Bluff, on the Savannah River, and Oglethorpe led them sixteen miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean on February 12, 1733.
Photographs shows a statue of James Edward Oglethorpe in Chippewa Square, Savannah, Georgia. Oglethorpe is credited with founding Georgia. The first group of British settlers landed at the site of the planned town, then known as Yamacraw Bluff, on the Savannah River, and Oglethorpe led them sixteen miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean on February 12, 1733. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/savannah/m-2407/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/donotlick/4351005904/in/photolist-7Cu3tb-jAGXBs-awSTMD-ThCdbs-p7kxZa-SC6s4G-2j1z95u-eFLrD2-2j3yxF8-2j3cMq3-qoLyoe-2j3t8Gw-2j3rReK-2j2DP5b-2j4gfcD-2j4db9z-2j3Wfx5-2j46DmF-2j2sDq7-2j3nN7Z-2j2fMqZ-2j22cFH-2j2k5Fe-2j38vF6-2j2zC5t-2j1NP9H-2j1RauD-eF5xtR-2j3h3Nf-p4Fkgw-jB4ijV-2j331K9-eFR7sf-2j1NB9d-mTwmvg-RTLWH9-jBbVBk-9r2Pw-o7CTy3-dKnnLX-nNTSQG-FYYW8m-eFLpvx-eFSDKd-5W3bTs-TSDje8-5W3bZ5-omDkKG-e18s24-e18sc2
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Jennifer Morrow
Image from Jennifer Morrow - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/savannah
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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