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Carte de la baie de Chesapeake et de la partie navigable des rivières, James, York, Patowmack, Patuxen, Patapsco, North-East, Choptank et Pokomack

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Creator	France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine
Date	1778
Name on Item	redigée pour le service des vaisseaux du roi, au Dépôt général des cartes, plans et journaux de la marine, par ordre de M. de Sartine, conseiller d'Etat, Ministre et Secrétaire d'Etat au Département de la marine, d'après des plans anglois et particulierement ceux d'Antoine Smith, pilote de Ste. Marie ; Petit, sculp.
Publisher	Dépôt general de la marine
Scale	Scale [ca. 1:420,000]
Language	French
Location	Boston Public Library
Collection (local)	Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects	Nautical charts--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Early works to 1800 Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places	Chesapeake Bay North and Central America United States
Extent	1 map ; 59 x 87 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. No known restrictions on use.
Notes	Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text. Inset: Plan de la baie Herring en Maryland. "14." From the author's Neptune americo-septentrional (Paris, 1778-80). Previously stored folded in a box as no. 3 in a set of 5 maps from the Neptune Americo-Septentrional.