South Carolina Wall Map, 1849
A digitally restored reproduction of South Carolina during the height of the antebellum period, roughly a decade before the secession crisis reshaped Southern political geography. Published in 1849, the sheet measures and focuses on internal improvements and roads — the term used at the time for state-funded canals, plank roads, and turnpikes that connected the Carolina Piedmont to the port at Charleston.
Map Shop reproduces it from a high-resolution scan of the original, keeping the period cartography and place names intact. The image reflects survey work from the early to mid-1840s, capturing South Carolina at a moment of active infrastructure investment, with county lines and river crossings drawn as working tools for commerce and travel.
This is a reproduction, not an original antique. Map Shop finishes each to order in the following forms:
- Paper
- Laminated
- Mounted
- Railed
- Framed

