Plan of the peninsula of Chesopeak Bay : compiled from actual surveys

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Item Information

Title:
Plan of the peninsula of Chesopeak Bay : compiled from actual surveys
Title (alt.):
These views and soundings on the Chesopeak Bay where taken in the passage up to Elk River in 1777 by Iohn Hills assistant engineer
Contributor:
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785
Creator:
Hills, John, active 1777-1819
Name on Item:
by Iohn Hills assistant engineer, 1781
Date:
1781
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Ships of the Line--Pictorial works
Frigates--Pictorial works
Sailing ships--Pictorial works
Delmarva Peninsula--Maps
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
Delmarva Peninsula (cape)
Chesapeake Bay
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 71.5 x 125 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:190,080.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored map showing primary roads, streams, and settlements, and including, at the top of the map, a series of coastal profiles views of certain parts of the bay.
Coastal profiles include realistic drawings of naval, merchant, and local sailing vessel types.
Dedication by the author at lower left to Lord George Germain.
Identifier:
583
Barcode:
B2649771