[picture of compass rose]The Huntingfield Map Collection
MSA SC 1399
The Maryland State Archives
Special Collections

Churchman, Jr. John

  • To the American Philosophical Society this map of the peninsula between Delaware & Chesopeak Bays with the said bays and shores adjacent drawn from the most accurate surveys is inscribed by John Churchman... This is state 1 of a large scale separate map that focuses on the Delmarva Peninsula. It shows five proposed routes for the Chesapeake-Delaware canal. This may have been the first map of the Chesapeake Bay printed in Maryland. 1778?. MSA SC 1399-1-253 [HFC 278C5]