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

Containers:
Drawer 122 : L : 2, Section 1
Creator:
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis and Smith, Anthony, pilot of St. Marys
Extent:
1 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." https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:z603vv10h

Language:
French .
Material specific details:
Scale not determined. Oriented north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Includes inset map of Herring Bay in Maryland. Includes title cartouche. Includes notes, observations, and distance charts.
Physical facet:
1 map ; 1 inset map ; uncolored
Dimensions:
135 x 93 cm, on sheet 141 x 99 cm
Other descriptive data:

Paris : Le Rouge, Smith, 1778

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Reference services
Phone: (703) 780-3600
Parent restrictions:
This collection is open for research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. The library reserves the right to restrict access to certain items for preservation purposes.