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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
- 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 / 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.
- Author
- Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- Publication
- London : Printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennett, map & chartsellers at no. 53 in Fleet Street ... , 1st July 1776.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 00-469 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Smith, Anthony.
- Description
- 1 map; 91 x 136 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
- Alternative Title
- North-American pilot for New England, New York, Pensilvania, Maryland, and Virginia.
- Subjects
- Note
- Soundings shown in fathoms.
- From the North-American pilot for New England, New York, Pensilvania, Maryland, and Virginia. 1776.
- Oriented with north to the right.
- Includes sailing directions, "Observations on the north-east current on the coast of Virginia," "Observations in the River Patowmack ... " descriptive text, and inset "A plan of Herring Bay in Maryland."
- Indexed In (note)
- Phillips
- Call Number
- Map Div. 00-469
- LCCN
- 74691941
- OCLC
- 5416417
- Author
- Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- 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 / 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.
- Imprint
- London : Printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennett, map & chartsellers at no. 53 in Fleet Street ... , 1st July 1776.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale [ca. 1:250,000].
- Indexed In:
- Phillips 10316
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Smith, Anthony.
- Added Title
- North-American pilot for New England, New York, Pensilvania, Maryland, and Virginia.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 00-469