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The largest city in North Carolina during the 1730s was Edenton, with sixty houses. Brunswick, in the Cape Fear area, was the best deep-water port in North Carolina, and it had twenty houses. The limited exports of the colony were primarily naval stores such as tar, pitch, turpentine, and lumber.
Jun 1, 2007 · The word Carolina comes from Carolus, the Latin form of the name Charles. In 1629, King Charles I granted territory in America to his Attorney General, Sir Robert Heath, to be named Carolina, or the province of Carolina (though later in the same charter the province is referred to as Carolana or New Carolana ).
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Feb 5, 2024 · Throughout its history, North Carolina has been known as Carolina, Albemarle Province, the Province of North Carolina, the Colony of North Carolina, and the North Carolina Colony. This 1695 map of Carolina shows North Carolina as Albemarle County. Image Source: History of North Carolina by Samuel A. Ashe, 1908, Archive.org.
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May 8, 2014 · A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina by Edward Moseley, late surveyor general of the said province ([London]: Sold at the Three Crowns, 1733). Shows settlements, inhabitants, soil conditions, rivers, and principal products, with insets showing Port Brunswick or Cape Fear Harbour, Port Beaufort or Topsail Inlet, Ocacock ...
The story of Carolina's first fifty years is one of turmoil -- political conflict, corrupt officials, unpaid taxes, incompetent proprietors, open rebellion, conflict with Natives, and rapacious pirates. But at the same time, the colonists were building a new society along the coast, with farms, towns, and quietly functioning local government.
Feb 9, 2012 · The survey also includes some details on the North Carolina interior, noting rivers and creeks as well as the Indian people settled in the areas and their trails. At 57 1/8 x 45 1/4 inches, Moseley’s map was large, with one inch representing five miles. The survey was engraved by John Cowley. Only 3 copies of the map are known to survive today.
Mecklenburg County ( / ˈmɛklənˌbɜːrɡ /) is a county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, [1] making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina (after Wake County ), and the first county in the Carolinas to surpass one ...
