Plan of the peninsula of Chesopeak [sic] Bay

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Plan of the peninsula of Chesopeak [sic] Bay
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Title:
Plan of the peninsula of Chesopeak [sic] Bay
Title (alt.):
Plan of the peninsula of Chesapeake Bay
Description:
Covers the Delmarva Peninsula and the Chesapeake Bay region; roughly bounded by Philadelphia, Cape May, Cape Henry, Suffolk, Jamestown, and Baltimore. Identifies rivers and towns; shows principal road network. Soundings in fathoms given for Chesapeake Bay. Does not show troop movements or military information.
Creator:
Hills, John, surveyor
Name on Item:
compiled from actual surveys by Iohn Hills, assistant engineer, 1781.
Date:
1781
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Newberry Library
Collection (local):
Newberry Library Collection
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
Delmarva Peninsula--Maps--Early works to 1800
Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Delmarva Peninsula (cape)
Chesapeake Bay
Extent:
1 ms. map : hand col. ; 1,204 x 617 mm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
Contact host institution for more information.
Scale:
Scale [1:316,800]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991255668805867
Notes:
NB. The soundings up to Turkey Point where taken on 1777.
Related to two ms. variants in the Crown collection at the British Musuem and the Germain papers at the University of Michigan Clements Library. For a biographical sketch of Hills and a list of his works and their locations, cf. Guthorn.
Pen-and-ink, watercolor and wash (blue, green, yellow, red).
Sectioned into 20 panels and mounted on cloth; cloth subsequently removed as backing.
Call #:
Ayer MS map 240 (NLO)