A map of the Delaware and Chesapeak bays with the peninsula between them

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Item Information

Title:
A map of the Delaware and Chesapeak bays with the peninsula between them
Contributor:
Churchman, John, 1753-1805
Creator:
Skinner, Andrew (Geographer)
Name on Item:
copied by Andrew Skinner, 1780
Date:
1780
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Delaware--Maps
Maryland--Maps
Pennsylvania--Maps
Virginia--Maps
New Jersey--Maps
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Maps
Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Maps
Places:
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New Jersey
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware Bay
Extent:
1 ms. map : outline col. ; 58.7 x 45 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:850,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, topographical map of the peninsula bounded by Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay extending as far north as Philadelphia and showing coastal details of Virginia and New Jersey.
Copied from a printed map, probably by John Churchman.
Clinton Maps 260.
Identifier:
8651
Barcode:
B2648850