Mapping the Promised Land: A Review of Jacksonland by Steve Inskeep

August 12, 2015 · by Christina Kaylor | in Book Reviews, Field Trips | tagged Andrew Jackson and Horseshoe Bend, Andrew Jackson and Indian Removal, Andrew Jackson and the Nullifiers, Cherokee Chief John Ross, Five Civilized Tribes, Georgia Gold Rush, Georgia Gold Rush and Indian Removal, Georgia vs. the Cherokee Nation, Indian Maps vs. White Maps, Indian Removal and Improving the Land, Indian Removal and Land Speculation, Jacksonland, John Marshall and the Samuel Worchester Case, John Ross vs. Andrew Jackson, Mary Louise Kelly, New Echota Capital of the Cherokee Nation, Steve Inskeep, The Cherokee Phoenix, Trail of Tears, Worchester v. Georgia | 6 Comments

I find maps fascinating, not so much for their directions, as for what their place names reveal. Take Georgia’s map, for example. First, some patriotic names: Jackson (also Jackson County, Jacksonville), Rossville, Jefferson (-ville and County, too), Madison, Monroe, and Washington (& County). Next, names suggesting homesickness, longing to travel, or even beauty: Oxford, Rome, […]