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. Description Scale ca. 1:250,000. Soundings
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. Description Scale ca. 1:250,000. Soundings
Map size: 16 inches x 24 inches | Ready to frame in standard size frame | Frame not included | Archival quality reproduction
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. Description 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." 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 Virginia," "Observations in the River Patowmack .. " descriptive text, and inset "A plan of Herring Bay in Maryland." Vault AACR2 Published: London, Printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1776.
