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Delaware and Chesapeake Bays.
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United States Coast Survey
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Delaware and Chesapeake Bays.
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English: This is a rare example of the 1893 U.S. Coast Survey Map or Nautical Chart of the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay.
  • This chart is based on survey work initiated in 1855 and has been updated to 1893. Covers from Philadelphia south as Cape Henry and Norfolk.
  • Includes both the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay in full, as well as significant portions of the Potomac River, Rappahannock River, York River, James River, Patapsco River, and Patuxent River. Includes the major centers of Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Wilmington, Baltimore, and Richmond.
  • Offers stupendous detail both inland and at sea. Notes all major railroads, communities, and shoreline features. Nautically, this map really shines. There are thousands of depth soundings, shading for undersea shoals and other dangers, and red and yellow color coding for buoys, light ships, and lighthouses. This chart is not to be confused with the similar folded charts that are commonly issued in the Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey . Rather it is an independently issued chart on heavy stock. It has never been folded. Most likely this chart has actually been used to sail. Such charts are much less common and far more desirable than the folded Report charts.
  • This map was published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as chart no. 376 under the supervision of T. C. Mendenhall.
Date 1893 (dated)
Dimensions height: 36 in (91.4 cm); width: 28 in (71.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,36U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,28U218593
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Geographicus link: ChesapeakeBay-uscs-1893
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
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