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| Keywords: 1827 Finley Map of Alabama - Geographicus - Alabama-finley-1827.jpg A beautiful example of Finley's important 1827 map of Alabama Depicts the state with moderate detail in Finley's classic minimalist style Shows river ways roads canals and some topographical features Offers color coding at the county level Finley's map of Alabama is particularly interesting and important due to its portrayal of the rapidly changing American Indian situation in the eastern part of the state In 1827 a substantial part of northeastern Alabama was a confined territory assigned to the Upper Creek and Cherokee nations Finley's map details several contracting borders to this territory noting the Indian Boundary the New Indian Boundary and the New Cherokee Line Also notes numerous American Indian villages and missionary stations within the Upper Creek and Cherokee territories Just four years after this map was made the Creek and Cherokee would forcibly relocated westward in the infamous Trail of Tears This map is also of interest as it details a territorial dispute between Alabama and Georgia Early surveying errors attributed the same territory to both states Shortly before this map was made the territorial dispute was settled on behalf of Georgia Title and scale in lower right quadrant Engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas 1827 undated Size in 9 11 5 object history credit line accession number Alabama-finley-1827 Finley Anthony <i>A New General Altas Comprising a Complete Set of Maps representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe Together with the several Empires Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from the Best Authorities and corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries</i> Philadelphia 1827 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Anthony Finley Maps by Anthony Finley 1827 maps Old maps of Alabama | ||||
