This represents the Charecke Nation by Col. Herbert’s map & my own observations, with the path to Charles Town (George Hunter, 1730; 1917…
George Hunter’s 1730 map of the Cherokee Path from Charles Town by the Congarees and Ninety Six to Keowee and the Lower, Middle and Overhill towns, with the traders’ names for each creek and the miles between them.
Source
| Map | This represents the Charecke Nation by Col. Herberts map & my own observations with the path to Charles Town, its course & (distance measured by my... |
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| Author | George Hunter, 1730 |
| Archive | Internet Archive |
| Rights | Public domain. A 1730 manuscript, reproduced in this facsimile published in 1917 — before 1931, so public domain in the United States. Evidence |
| Accuracy | About 42 km (RMS 11.3 km at 9 control points). Placed by hand in a map-queue session and approved by a person. If something sits in the wrong place, members can fix it with Fix placement on the map. |
| Method | Placed by hand: a first-order polynomial fit to 9 places read from the scan and matched to their positions today. See the methodology. |
| Version | 1.0.0, updated 2026-09-30 |
| Covers | South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee |
Downloads
- Google Earth overlay (KMZ) — free (1.2 MB)
- GeoTIFF, tinted trails, EPSG:4326 (8000 × 6562; QGIS, ArcGIS) — free (4.2 MB)
- Print sheet over today’s map (3600 × 2200 PNG) — free (2.3 MB)
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Changelog
- 1.0.0 (2026-09-30): First release: placed by hand at 9 places. From the Native Routes sources register; the 1917 facsimile (Historical Commission of South Carolina, Bulletin 4) at the Internet Archive.
Credits
- From the Native Routes sources register; the 1917 facsimile (Historical Commission of South Carolina, Bulletin 4) at the Internet Archive
- Georeferencing: Native Routes
- Scan: Internet Archive
Control points
The full list of control points with residuals is in control-points.geojson. Historic names indexed for search: names.geojson.
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