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Description 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.; Maps of North America. / Countries / United States (except New York) / States / Maryland
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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." ''Note 2.'') National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. ''Note 3.'') Oriented with north to the right. ''Note 4.'') Soundings shown in fathoms. ''Note 5.'') From the North-American pilot for New England, New York, Pensilvania, Maryland, and Virginia. 1776.
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Map Div. 00-469
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Phillips 10316
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http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?imageID=1952198

institution QS:P195,Q219555
Author Smith, Anthony -- Surveyor; Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) -- Publisher
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From The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. http://maps.nypl.org

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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Digital item published
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2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011
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434639




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