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MapTo the American Philosophical Society, this map of the peninsula between Delaware & Chesopeak bays, with the said bays and shores adjacent drawn from the most accurate surveys is [humbly] inscribed by ... Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: American Philosophical Society - Churchman, John
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapMap of the maritime parts of Virginia exhibiting the seat of war and of Ld. Dunmore's depredations in that colony. Scale ca. 1:700,000. Hand colored. "For the Pennsa. Mag. p. 184." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1442 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Aitken, Robert - Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène
- Date: 1776-01-01
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Map[Map of Atlantic Coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay to Florida]. Shows coastal features, Native American nations and settlements, and other geographical entities. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps in Henry Harrisse collection. Described in Terrae incognitae, v. xvi, 1984. Richard W. Stephenson's The Henry Harrisse collection ... , p. 40; the second volume has binder's title "Manuscript maps Atlantic Coast and California drawn by Joan Vingboons...
- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639-01-01
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MapThis map of the peninsula between Delaware & Chesopeak Bays, with the said bays and shores adjacent drawn from the most accurate surveys. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Inscribed "To the American Philosophical Society." Hand colored. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1376 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 710/1
- Contributor: American Philosophical Society - Churchman, John
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapTo the American Philosophical Society, this map of the peninsula between Delaware & Chesopeak bays, with the said bays and shores adjacent drawn from the most accurate surveys is humbly inscribed by ... Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. LC copy annotated in ink. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: American Philosophical Society - Churchman, John
- Date: 1786-01-01
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MapKarte von der Bay Chesapeack und den benachbarten Landen zur Allegemeinen Historie der Reisen aus den besten englændischen Karten gezogen. Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris. LC copy annotated: Ml. 25 0'00. "No. 11." "T.XVI.C." From Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und Lande. 1758. v. 16, p. 538. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Date: 1758-01-01
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MapThis survey of the River Patapsco and part of Chesapeake Bay, Scale ca. 1:40,960. Hand colored. Depths shown by shading and soundings. Includes notes, "Description of ranges," and insets of "Annapolis Harbour & roads" and "Survey of the harbour of Baltimore and the waters adjacent." Maps for an Emerging Nation, #44. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Brantz, Lewis - Lucas, Fielding
- Date: 1819-01-01
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MapA sketch of the navigation from Swan Pt. to the River Elk at the head of Chesapeak Bay. Sketch of the River Elk, at the head of Chesapeak Bay. Scale ca. 1:72,000 and ca. 1:30,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Annotated in handwriting of Admiral Lord Howe: By Mr. Hunter, master of the Eagle. Depths shown by soundings. Navigable channels outlined in pale red wash. Shows landing of the King's troops, opposite Cecil Court House, and Head Qurs. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1413 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site...
- Contributor: Hunter, John
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapRoute map of the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company : showing the Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay, and adjacent territory in Maryland and Virginia. Includes notes and distance table. Text, 3 deck plans, and fare table on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
- Date: 1920-01-01
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MapChart showing the depth of the James and York rivers as they enter Chesapeake Bay, with towns adjacent. Scale ca. 1:200,000. Title from P. L. Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 227. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the right. Shows settlements, points of interest, and aids to navigation. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapPort facilities at Washington D.C. & Alexandria, Va. Depths shown by soundings and contours. "Transmitted with letter dated: October 19, 1923." Includes indexed "List of piers and wharves at Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Va.," notes, 2 "General vicinity sketch" insets, and indexed "List of steamship lines." Ancillary map ca. 1:112,000: Transportation lines of Chesapeake Bay serving the port of Baltimore Md. / Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. "B-12-32. B-12-33." LC...
- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Washington District - United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors - Schmitt, Edwin A.
- Date: 1923-01-01
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MapMap showing the Southern Maryland Railroad and its connections : north, south, east, and west Covers Maryland, eastern Virginia, Delmarva Peninsula, and southeastern Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows shipping routes in Chesapeake Bay. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington." Hand col. in red to show Southern Maryland R.R. and in blue to show connecting lines and...
- Contributor: Southern Maryland Railroad - G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co
- Date: 1881-01-01
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MapA draught of Virginia from the Capes to York in York River and to Kuiquotan or Hamton in James River Depths shown by soundings. Copy imperfect: Trimmed to neat line, losses along edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: W. Mount and T. Page - Tiddeman, Mark
- Date: 1737
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MapA 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 ... 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...
- Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapGeneral chart of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays and the seacoast from Cape May to Cape Henry Scale 1:400,000. Facsimile. Depths shown by contours and soundings. "Plate no. 453." "BiC-40." Includes sailing information. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - National Ocean Survey - Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph) - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
- Date: 1976-01-01
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MapChesapeake Bay. Sheet 6, from the mouth of York River to the entrance to bay. Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.52 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1864). Map 15. "No. 15" is in the upper left corner. At head of title: Coast chart no. 36. Similar to the preceeding chart, but with a change in the title....
- Contributor: United States Coast Survey
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapChesapeake Bay, Sheet no. 1, York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake entrance.. Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.5 At head of title: Coast chart no. 31. Printed in the upper margin: "No. 131" and "Electrotype copy no. 2 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." General chart indicating soundings, lighthouses, buoys, and coastal vegetation. Includes sailing directions. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: United States Coast Survey
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapCarte de la baie de Chesapeake et de la partie navigable des rivières, James, York, Patowmack, Patuxen, Patapsco, North-East, Choptank et Pokomack. 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. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Two copies. Copy 1 sectioned and mounted on cloth backing....
- Contributor: Petit - Sartine, Antoine De - France. Dépôt Des Cartes Et Plans De La Marine
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapChesapeake Bay program, monitoring vital signs of the bay. Shows water quality monitoring stations, major spawning areas, and degrees of salinity. Includes text, notes, and inset of "The Chesapeake Bay watershed." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
- Date: 1987-01-01