Collection Items
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MapA chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy Scale ca. 1:75,000. Depths shown by soundings. Includes "A plan of Delawar River from Chester to Philadelphia, shewing the situation of His Majesty's ships &c on the 15th Novr. 1777. Surveyed and sounded by Lieutenant John Hunter of the Navy," ca. 1:29,000, and index to defenses. Two copies. Copy 1, land areas done in a wash. Copy 2, outlined in yellow. Available also through...
- Contributor: Knight, John - Hunter, John - Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1779
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MapA chart of Delawar Bay, with soundings and nautical observations Scale ca. 1:150,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along left and right margins. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Hamond, Andrew Snape - Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1779