MAP: "HISTORIC BEAUFORT, GEM OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SEA ISLANDS"

Charleston, South Carolina: Old South Galleries, 1970. Map. Very good plus. Colorful, historic novelty map of Beaufort, South Carolina consisting of street names with drawings of all the buildings within each block, and all four sides bordered by famous plantation, historical homes, ports, forts, chapels, churches, etc., notices of British, French, Spanish and Scottish landings, town seals tokens, coat of arms, etc. Map no doubt includes the narrow coastal inlet off the Beaufort River where the events of February 24, 2019, which included the mysterious disappearance of Mallory Beach, then subsequent discovery of her body nearby, began to close the legal loop around Alex Murdaugh. Surveyed and delineated by Marie Fenner in 1969.

Very frameable. "Beaufort, S. C. was called the most aristocratic town of its size in America - the "Newport of the South" - before the War between the States. A city of rich history, Southern hospitality and casual seaside charm, the "Queen of the Carolina Sea Islands" was discovered by the Spanish in 1514, claimed by the French in 1562, and chartered by the British in 1711. Beaufort enjoyed great prosperity in the eighteenth century as indigo and rice plantations thrived, and Sea Island Cotton became one of America's most profitable exports. As a result, Beaufort became one of the most elite towns on the eastern seaboard, rivaling those in the North. Historic antebellum mansions grace the downtown area, and giant shady live oak trees dripping with Spanish Moss provide an ethereal canopy to the city. Many of these mansions and historic sites have been the sites for films, including 'The Prince of Tides', 'Forrest Gump', 'The Big Chill;, ;The Great Santini', and..." others. (Rhett House Inn promotional site)



"Beaufort was so named to honor Henry Somerset, Most Noble Duke of Beaufort Lord Proprietor of the Province of Carolina in America."