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1570 Map Shows French Colony in Northeast Georgia

• arclein

The location of Mellilot was apparently in Northeast Metro Atlanta. This detail of the 1570 map also shows that the Irish Colony of Duhare had moved inland since 1521, when it was first discovered by two Spanish slave traders. Gene Waddell, retired professor of Architectural History at the College of Charleston, has donated to the People of One Fire an extensive collection of 14th through 18th century bound maps that he acquired while living in Italy. They are becoming a research gold mine for getting at the real history of the Southeast. It will probably take years to fully study these valuable maps.


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