GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL, AND HISTORICAL MAP OF GEORGIA

Following the American Revolution Georgia’s population expanded rapidly as the Great Wagon Road leading from southeastern Pennsylvania, through the Valley of Virginia, and into the piedmont of Georgia, brought thousands of new settlers.  These settlers were attracted to Georgia’s available land and its abundant natural resources.  The arrival of new settlers pushed the Cherokee and Creek Nations farther west, as seen on this 1822 map of Georgia.

The cartographer, Fielding Lucas, Jr., was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and spent most of his career working in Baltimore, Maryland.