A new and accurate chart of the Bay of Chesapeak including Delaware Bay with all the shoals, channels, islands, entrances, soundings, & sailing marks as far as the navigable part of the rivers Patowmack Patapsco & N. East

Add to My Favorites

A new and accurate chart of the Bay of Chesapeak including Delaware Bay with all the shoals, channels, islands, entrances, soundings, & sailing marks as far as the navigable part of the rivers Patowmack Patapsco & N. East
This map is also available in American Revolutionary Geographies Online (ARGO), a collections portal especially built for material relating to the American Revolutionary War Era. Visit ARGO to learn more about this item and explore the historical geography of North America in the late eighteenth century.

Item Information

Title:
A new and accurate chart of the Bay of Chesapeak including Delaware Bay with all the shoals, channels, islands, entrances, soundings, & sailing marks as far as the navigable part of the rivers Patowmack Patapsco & N. East
Creator:
Smith, Anthony, pilot of St. Marys
Cartographer:
Smith, Anthony, pilot of St. Marys
Publisher:
Norman, William, -1807
Name on Item:
drawn from several draughts made by the most experienced navigators chiefly from those of Anthony Smith pilot of St. Mapys and compared with the latest surveys of Virginia and Maryland
Date:
[ca. 1798]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Coasts--Delaware--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Maryland--Early works to 1800
Coasts--New Jersey--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Virginia--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Early works to 1800
Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Extent:
1 map ; 103 x 81 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Boston : W. Norman
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:347,500
Language:
English
Notes:
Depths shown by soundings.
Includes notes, tables and certificate.
In Norman's The American pilot. Boston : William Norman, [approximately 1798].
Identifier:
06_01_004828
Call #:
G1106.P5 N6 1798.2x
Barcode:
30000005069261