the holy city
Images of downtown as well as West Ashley, Mount Pleasant, James and Johns Islands, Folly Beach, Isle of Palms, etc. Because Charleston is the best city in America!Submissions are welcome, y'all. FY Charleston!
Posts tagged maps.
Charleston and environs.
(Source: maps.google.com, via intracoastal-wanderings)
“America’s most historic city, Dixie’s most interesting resort”
Front and back covers of an early/mid 20th century travel guide.
Archived by Lowcountry Digital Library
“A Long Weekend in Charleston”
Art by John S. Dykes
(Source: The Wall Street Journal)
Mixed Media Map Painting of Charleston, South Carolina
Art by Bri Catarino
(Source: etsy.com)
The Gullah are African Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. Historically, the Gullah region once extended north to the Cape Fear area on the coast of North Carolina and south to the vicinity of Jacksonville on the coast of Florida; but today the Gullah area is confined to the South Carolina and Georgia Lowcountry. The Gullah people and their language are also called Geechee, which some scholars speculate to be related to the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia. The term Geechee is an emic term used by speakers (and can have a derogatory connotation depending on usage) and “Gullah” is a term that was generally used by outsiders but that has become a way for speakers to formally identify themselves and their language.
The Gullah are known for preserving more of their African linguistic and cultural heritage than any other African-American community in the United States. They speak an English-based creole language containing many African loanwords and significant influences from African languages in grammar and sentence structure. The Gullah language is related to Jamaican Creole, Barbadian Dialect, Bahamian Dialect, and the Krio language of Sierra Leone in West Africa. Gullah storytelling, cuisine, music, folk beliefs, crafts, farming and fishing traditions, all exhibit strong influences from West and Central African cultures.
(Source: yale.edu, via sensualproverb)
The Greater Charleston area
Just in case anyone is curious as to where these surrounding areas that I often post photos of here actually are in relation to (downtown) Charleston.
(Source: cartographersguild.com)
