Plan of the peninsula of Chesopeak Bay : Compiled from actual surveys / by Iohn Hills assistant engineer, 1781.

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Title: Plan of the peninsula of Chesopeak Bay : Compiled from actual surveys / by Iohn Hills assistant engineer, 1781.
Alternate Title: Inset title: These views and soundings on the Chesopeak Bay where taken in the passage up to Elk River in 1777 by Iohn Hills assistant engineer.
Date: 1781.
Creator: Hills, John, active 1777-1819.
Notes: Digitization note: Due to its large size, this item was scanned in sections, stitched together, and edited.; Finished, colored map showing primary roads, streams, and settlements, and including, at the top of the map, a series of coastal profiles views of certain parts of the bay.; Coastal profiles include realistic drawings of naval, merchant, and local sailing vessel types.; Dedication by the author at lower left to Lord George Germain.
Names and Subjects: Sackville, George Germain,--Viscount,--1716-1785.; Manuscript maps.; Maps shelf.; Germain Maps.; Brun Guide.; Views, topographical (Chesapeake Bay, Md. and Va.); Illustrations (Naval : Ships of the Line); Illustrations (Naval : Frigates); Illustrations (Sailing vessels); Delmarva Peninsula--Maps.; Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Maps.; Virginia--Maps.; Maryland--Maps.; Delaware--Maps.; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps.
Genre: Manuscript maps.; Maps.
Collection Title: George Sackville Germain papers
Collection Creator: Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785
ID: 583
Barcode: B2649771
Physical Description: 1 ms. map : col. ; 71.5 x 125 cm
Map Data: Scale 1:190,080.
Sponsor: Digitized through a gift from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2019-09-06 14:57:41

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Image Size: 22100 x 12465
File Size: 14 MB
Record: 583
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