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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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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 00-469Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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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.
Subject
  • Nautical charts > Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) > Early works to 1800
  • Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
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
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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
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