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Map Carte de la baie de Chesapeake et de la partie navigable des rivières, James, York, Patowmack, Patuxen, Patapsco, North-East, Choptank et Pokomack.

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Title

  • Carte de la baie de Chesapeake et de la partie navigable des rivières, James, York, Patowmack, Patuxen, Patapsco, North-East, Choptank et Pokomack.

Names

  • France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine.
  • Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801.
  • Petit, active 1775-1799.

Created / Published

  • [Paris] Dépôt general de la marine [1778-80]

Headings

  • -  Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Maryland--Chesapeake Bay
  • -  United States--Virginia--Chesapeake Bay

Genre

  • Early maps
  • Nautical charts

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:525,000.
  • -  Oriented with north to the right.
  • -  Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  "14."
  • -  From the author's Neptune americo-septentrional contenant les côtes. 1778-80.
  • -  Includes text and inset "Plan de la Baie Herring en Maryland."
  • -  LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth.
  • -  Two copies. Copy 1 sectioned and mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 110; 650/1; 651/2; 700/1

Medium

  • map 59 x 87 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3842.C5P5 1778 .F7
  • G3842.C5P5 1778 .F7 Copy 2. Unmounted.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 73694810

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

France. Dépôt Des Cartes Et Plans De La Marine, Antoine De Sartine, and Active Petit. Carte de la baie de Chesapeake et de la partie navigable des rivières, James, York, Patowmack, Patuxen, Patapsco, North-East, Choptank et Pokomack. [Paris Dépôt general de la marine -80, 1778] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/73694810/.

APA citation style:

France. Dépôt Des Cartes Et Plans De La Marine, Sartine, A. D. & Petit, A. (1778) Carte de la baie de Chesapeake et de la partie navigable des rivières, James, York, Patowmack, Patuxen, Patapsco, North-East, Choptank et Pokomack. [Paris Dépôt general de la marine -80] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/73694810/.

MLA citation style:

France. Dépôt Des Cartes Et Plans De La Marine, Antoine De Sartine, and Active Petit. Carte de la baie de Chesapeake et de la partie navigable des rivières, James, York, Patowmack, Patuxen, Patapsco, North-East, Choptank et Pokomack. [Paris Dépôt general de la marine -80, 1778] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/73694810/>.