WITH the assistance of Mr. Salley, the general editor makes
the following comments upon the maps reproduced in this volume:

The "Generall Mapp of Carolina," used as frontispiece, is re-
produced from the somewhat larger map (8¼ by 6 inches) which
appeared in the first volume of Richard Blome Description of the
Island of Jamaica, with the Other Islands and Territories in America,
to which the English are Related( London, 1672). It will be ob-
served that it is adorned with the eight coats of arms of the propri-
etors. Of these Mr. Salley says that they "are almost heraldically
correct, but several of the proprietors quartered their family arms
with those of other sides of the respective houses, and their seal of
the province, containing their eight coats of arms, displays these
quarterings." The map extends from Cape Henry in Virginia to
some distance down the coast of Georgia, perhaps as far as the
Altamaha. The portion of it relating to North Carolina may be
compared with the John White map of 1585 or 1586, printed in
the volume of this series entitled Early English and French Voyages,
page248.

The map as a whole reflects the imperfect knowledge available
in London at the time when it was made. It will be seen that the
compiler has fallen into marked confusion of mind respecting the
position of Charles Town. The first settlement of that name had
been located some twenty or thirty miles up the Cape Fear River.
The Charles Town founded in 1670 was placed on the west side of
Ashley River and before long transferred to the present position
between the Ashley and Cooper Rivers. Blome map indicates
"Ashly Riv." near his Charles Town but gives the latter a position
near Cape Fear and not far from the old site on the Cape Fear
River. The proper position of the name Ashley would be against
the river lying between "C. Romano" and "R. Grandy" (the
North Edisto). Another point deserving attention is that Charles

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