Carte de la baie de Chesapeake et de la partie navigable des rivières, James, York, Patowmack, Patuxen, Patapsco, North-East, Choptank et Pokomack

Containers:
Drawer 122 : L : 2, Section 1
Creator:
Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801
Extent:
1 Sheets
Language:
French .
Material specific details:
Scale ca. 1:525,000. Scale listed as "La Brasse Angloise est eagle a 5 pieds 7p. 6 2/3 Measure de France". Scale of inset listed as "de deux Lieues Marines, N.B. Les Chiffres indiguent les profondeurs de l'Eau en Pieds. Anglois de n Pouces 3 lig. 1/9 de celui de France". Includes several observation and instruction tables of reference that provide further information. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the right. Latitude Septentionale is noted on the bottom, Longitude Occidental du Meridien du Paris is noted on the left, PRIX Trois Livres is noted on the bottom right. Includes inset map of De la Baie Herring en Maryland (Herring Bay in Maryland).
Physical facet:
1 map ; uncolored
Dimensions:
87 x 59 cm, on sheet 95 x 65 cm
Other descriptive data:

Paris : Antoine Sartine, 1778

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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