Baye de Chesapeake en 4 feuilles avec les bas fonds, passes, entrées, sondes et routes ou l'on donne les parties navigables des rivieres Patowmack, Patapsco, et Nord-Est : d'après les dessins de navigateurs experimentés, principalt. d'après A. Smith, pilot de St. Marys ; comparé avec les nouvelles levées de Virginie et Maryland ; publié à Londres en Juillet 1776 ; traduit de l'Anglais

Containers:

Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section 4

Creator:

Le Rouge, Georges-Louis and Smith, Anthony, pilot of St. Marys

Extent:

2 Sheets

Scope and content:

Produced for the French Navy, the rare chart displayed here was the best available chart of this region for the time, and was used by all naval forces involved in combat during the American Revolutionary War. The information on this very detailed chart was based primarily on the work of American Anthony Smith, a local Chesapeake Bay pilot of St. Mary's County. The chart was consulted by Admiral de Grasse in his victory over the British off the Chesapeake Capes on September 5, 1781.

Language:

French .

Custodial history:

Client reference #169; WAG #289304; IL# 2020-IL-001-173

Martayan Lan Augustyn Inc., 5 June 2007.

Material specific details:

Scale [ca. 1:227,000]. French edition of Anthony Smith's New and accurate chart of the Bay of Chesapeake. Oriented with north to the right. Depth shown by soundings. Includes notes, observations, and distance charts. Inset: Plan de Herring Baye en Maryland. In French.

Physical facet:

1 map on 4 sheets : joined into 2 sheets

Dimensions:

91 x 124 cm, sheets 55 x 145 cm

Other descriptive data:

Paris : Chèz Le Rouge, 1778

Subjects:

Nautical charts
Maps (documents)

Names:

Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
Smith, Anthony, pilot of St. Marys

Places:

Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)

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