File:A new and accurate chart of the Bay of Chesapeake, with all the shoals, channels, islands, entrances, soundings, and sailing-marks, as far as the navigable part of the rivers Patowmack, Patapsco and LOC 74691941.jpg
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English: Scale ca. 1:250,000. Soundings shown in fathoms. "Drawn from several draughts made by the most experienced navigators, chiefly from those of Anthony Smith, pilot of St. Marys; and compared with the modern surveys of Virginia and Maryland." LC copy trimmed and mounted on cloth. From the author's North-American pilot. 1776. v. 2. Includes sailing directions, "Observations on the northeast current on the coast of Virginia," "Observations in the River Patowmack ... " descriptive text, and inset "A plan of Herring Bay in Maryland." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2 |
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| Title | A new and accurate chart of the Bay of Chesapeake, with all the shoals, channels, islands, entrances, soundings, and sailing-marks, as far as the navigable part of the rivers Patowmack, Patapsco and north-east. | ||
| Shelf ID | G3842.C5P5 1776 .R6 | ||
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| Source | https://www.loc.gov/item/74691941/ | ||
| Author | Robert Sayer And John Bennett (Firm) | ||
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| Location | United States · Chesapeake Bay · Maryland · Virginia | ||
| Part of | American Memory · Catalog · Transportation And Communication · Geography And Map Division | ||
| Subject | Chesapeake Bay · Nautical Charts · Virginia · United States · Maps · Early Works To 1800 · Maryland · Chesapeake Bay (Md. And Va.) |
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