- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- New Ebenezer
- Creator:
- Reck, Philipp Georg Friedrich von, 1710-1798
- Date of Original:
- 1736
- Subject:
- Rivers--Georgia--New Ebenezer
Drawing--Georgia--New Ebenezer
City blocks--Georgia--New Ebenezer
Cities and towns--Georgia
Savannah River (Ga. and S.C.)
City planning--Georgia--New Ebenezer
New Ebenezer (Ga.)--Maps, Manuscript
Georgia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Effingham County, 32.36731, -81.34134
United States, Georgia, New Ebenezer, 32.165622, -82.900075 - Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
plans (maps) - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- German artist Philip Georg Friedrich von Reck drew a map of New Ebenezer during his visit to the settlement in 1736. New Ebenezer, located on the bluffs above the Savannah River, was the second settlement established by the Georgia Salzburgers, a group of Protestants expelled from the Catholic province of Salzburg in 1731.
Image of a manuscript map of New Ebenezer, Georgia drawn by German artist Philipp Georg Friedrich von Reck. He drew this map of New Ebenezer during his visit to the settlement in 1736. The map depicts the design of the town, which comprises a grid of even city blocks and four town squares. The Savannah River is drawn at the bottom of the map. New Ebenezer, located on the bluffs above the Savannah River, was the second settlement established by the Georgia Salzburgers, a group of Protestants expelled from the Catholic province of Salzburg in 1731. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/salzburgers/m-5467/
- Rights Holder:
- Illustrations by Philip Georg Friedrich von Reck
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1593
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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