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Plan of the peninsula of Chesopeak [sic] Bay

Covers the Delmarva Peninsula and the Chesapeake Bay region; roughly bounded by Philadelphia, Cape May, Cape Henry, Suffolk, Jamestown, and Baltimore. Identifies rivers and towns; shows principal road network. Soundings in fathoms given for Chesapeake Bay. Does not show troop movements or military information.

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Creator

Hills, John, surveyor

Date

1781

Name on Item

compiled from actual surveys by Iohn Hills, assistant engineer, 1781.

Scale

Scale [1:316,800]

Language

English

Location

Newberry Library

Collection (local)

Newberry Library Collection

Subjects
  • Nautical charts--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Early works to 1800
  • Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
  • Delmarva Peninsula--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Delmarva Peninsula
  • North and Central America
  • United States
Extent

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 1,204 x 617 mm.

Terms and License
  • No known copyright restrictions.
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Notes
  • NB. The soundings up to Turkey Point where taken on 1777.
  • Related to two ms. variants in the Crown collection at the British Musuem and the Germain papers at the University of Michigan Clements Library. For a biographical sketch of Hills and a list of his works and their locations, cf. Guthorn.
  • Pen-and-ink, watercolor and wash (blue, green, yellow, red).
  • Sectioned into 20 panels and mounted on cloth; cloth subsequently removed as backing.

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