<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viblbv"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>General Chart of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays and the Seacoast from Cape May to Cape Henry<num>Map.0024</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://static.lib.vt.edu/images/logo/lockup-color-347x75.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)</addressline><addressline>560 Drillfield Drive</addressline><addressline>Newman Library, Virginia Tech</addressline><addressline>Blacksburg, Virginia 24061</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-231-6308</addressline><addressline>specref@vt.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-04-23 07:02:15 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>General Chart of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays and the Seacoast from Cape May to Cape Henry</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname role="srv" source="naf">Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843</persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname authfilenumber="n83030387" role="ctg" source="naf">Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867</persname>
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    <unitid>Map.0024</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.1 Cubic Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">32 x 26 in.</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation">1855, 1882</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_474026211d2c2e6c37d8366e0732e163" label="Abstract">Map focuses on charting the waters of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, with depths marked in feet. Contains notes that include a tidal chart and sailing directions into each bay. This map was originally published in 1855 and reissued in 1882, after the principle surveyors had died.</abstract>
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    <subject source="local">Local/Regional History and Appalachian South</subject>
    <genreform authfilenumber="300028094" source="aat">Maps (documents)</genreform>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Virginia -- Maps</geogname>
    <persname source="naf">Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1828-1891</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="n88080618" source="naf">Cutts, R. D. (Richard Dominicus), 1817-1873</persname>
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