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1827 Carey and Lea Map of Florida
Florida-careylea-1827$337.50
Title
Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Florida.
1827 (undated) 17 x 21 in (43.18 x 53.34 cm) 1 : 2500000
1827 (undated) 17 x 21 in (43.18 x 53.34 cm) 1 : 2500000
Description
This is a rare 1827 Henry Charles Carey and Isaac Lea map of Florida and is one of the first maps to show more than two counties in the state. The map depicts the region from the Perdido River to the Atlantic Ocean and from Alabama and Georgia to the Florida Keys. Highly detailed, numerous locations are labeled throughout the map, including St. Augustine, Tallahassee, and Pensacola. Counties are shaded different colors to allow for easy differentiation. Roads, rivers, and lakes are also labeled.
The Arredondo and Miranda Land Grants
An incredibly intriguing part of Florida's history is illustrated here: the Arredondo and Miranda Land Grants. These two grants are holdovers from Spanish rule in Florida. Beginning in the 1790s, the Spanish crown offered land grants to people courageous enough to emigrate to Florida or for meritorious service to the crown. Arredondo's grant, named after Fernando de la Maza Arredondo, is located to the west of St. Augustine in Alachua county. It was granted to Arredondo in 1817 by Alexander Ramirez of Havana. Miranda's Grant, citing Pedro Miranda, a Spanish sailor, is in the vicinity of modern-day Tampa. After Florida became a possession of the United States in 1821, these grants became a point of contention between the United States government and the land owners. Initially, the U.S. government declared that it would honor the land grants, as long as the owner could prove the legitimacy of the grant. Both Pedro Miranda and Fernando de la Maza Arredondo took their case to the United States Supreme Court, where their rights to the land were affirmed. Eventually, however, both land grants were dissolved by U.S. courts on the basis that they were not properly developed and therefore forfeited.Publication History
This map was published by Henry Charles Carey and Isaac Lea in the 1827 edition of Carey and Lea's A Complete Historical, Chronological and Geographical Atlas.CartographerS
Henry Charles Carey (December 15, 1793 - October 13, 1879) was an American economist and publisher. The leading 19th-century economist of the American school of capitalism, Carey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was the son of Mathew Carey (1760 - 1839), who was also an influential political reformer, editor, publisher, and economist. Henry Charles Carey took over the family publishing firm in 1825 after his father retired, and, partnering with his brother-in-law Isaac Lea (1792 - 1886), formed the imprint Carey and Lea. Carey retired from publishing c. 1838 and focused on his career as an economist. He was a prolific writer on the subject and published numerous works on economics between 1835 and 1876. Carey and Lea became one of the most successful publishing houses in America, publishing, among others, American editions of the works of Walter Scott and James Fenimore Cooper, The Encyclopedia Americana and a dictionary of German lexicon. More by this mapmaker...
Isaac Lea (March 4, 1792 - December 8, 1886) was an American publisher, geologist, and conchologist. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Lea was born into a Quaker family. In an uncharacteristic move for a Quaker, Lea gave up the Quaker belief in pacifism, thus losing his claim to being a member of the Society of Friends, and joined the 7th Company of the 24th Pennsylvania Militia to fight in the War of 1812. Little is known about Lea's life after the war. He married Frances Ann Carey (1799 - 1873), the daughter of the successful publisher Mathew Carey (1760 - 1839) on March 8, 1821, with whom he had three children, one of which died in infancy. After Mathew Carey retired from publishing in 1825, Lea partnered with Carey's son Henry Charles Carey (1793 - 1879), and formed the publishing house Carey and Lea. Carey and Lea became one of the most successful publishing houses in America, publishing, among others, American editions of the works of Walter Scott and James Fenimore Cooper, The Encyclopedia Americana and a dictionary of German lexicon. After Henry Carey retired c. 1838, Lea continued publishing with William A. Blanchard, who had been promoted to partner in the Carey and Lea firm in 1833, under the imprint of Lea and Blanchard. Eventually, Lea's two sons Henry Charles Lea (September 19, 1825 - October 24, 1909) and Mathew Carey Lea (1823 - 1897) took over the publishing firm and changed its hame to Lea Brothers, after Isaac Lea decided to retire to dedicate himself to his scientific pursuits. Lea devoted his scientific study to natural history, with particular interest in freshwater and land mollusks, which he studied for fifty years. Learn More...
Source
Carey, H.C. and I. Lea, A Complete Historical, Chronological and Geographical Atlas, (Philadelphia: Carey and Lea) 1827.
Condition
Very good. Even overall toning. Wear along original centerfold. Blank on verso.
References
Touchton Map Library L2018.058.029. OCLC 36487859.