File talk:Map of The Republic of West Florida.PNG

Misspellings on the map

• The name of the Apalachicola River is misspelled as "Adalachicola"
• The name of the Chattahoochee River is misspelled as "Chatahoocfe"
• The name of the Louisiana Purchase is misspelled as "Louisiana Purchased"
• The name of the Amite River is misspelled as "Amita"

A sketch map published in 1898 showing the territorial changes of "West Florida"^p 2

Here are some comments regarding the above. Someone did a terrible job in trying to reproduce this map from the 19th century. That person did indeed make transcription errors, with the results mentioned above.

The following comments apply to the original published version that appears in the illustration to the right.

* The name of the Apalachicola River is misspelled as "Adalachicola" ... If one expands the original map, what appears to be a "D" is a "P" with its lobe too big.

* The name of the Chattahoochee River is misspelled as "Chatahoocfe" ... On the original map it actually says, "Chatahoochee". The map was made in the 19th century. Place names that originated from Native American words were spelled both with and without double consonants (i.e., either "t" or "tt".)

* The name of the Louisiana Purchase is misspelled as "Louisiana Purchased" ... The person separated apart "1803". This may be better understood as "Louisiana (purchased 1803)".

* The name of the Amite River is misspelled as "Amita" ... The place where that appears on the original map is cross-hatched. On the original map it is correctly spelled as Amite. Unless one enlarges the original map, the cross-hatch makes the "E" seem to be an "A".

Jeff in CA (talk) 15:40, 6 May 2016 (UTC)