PLAN OF THE PENINSULA OF CHESOPEAK BAY

Hills, John, (Surveyor)

George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

1781

Compiled from actual Surveys By Iohn Hills Assistant Engineer 1781.

Scale approximately 1:316,800

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Maryland--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Delaware--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Pennsylvania--Maps--Early works to 1800

• Chesapeake Bay
• Delaware
• Maryland
• North and Central America
• Pennsylvania
• United States

1 map on 3 sheets : joined and laid on linen, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 120 x 64 cm

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• Sounding depths are given.
• "Copied from the Original by I. Hills Ass.t Eng.r" at lower right.
• Shows roads.
• Shows province boundaries.
• Titiled "A drawn Plan of the Peninsula of Chesopeak Bay, compiled from actual surveys by John Hills, assistant Engineer, 1781. Three sheets" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
• Titled "A plan of the peninsula of Chesapeak Bay, compiled from actual surveys, by John Hills, assistant engineer, 1781;" drawn on a scale of 5 miles to an inch: 3 f. 11 in. x 2 f. 1 in." in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topograhpical drawings in the British Museum.
• Chesapeake Bay with parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia.