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MAP #: 282D3

CARTOGRAPHER : DESANDROUINS, JEAN NICOLAS

DATE: 1782

SHORT TITLE : CARTE DE L'ENTREE DE LA BAYE DE CHESAPEACK

REMAINING TITLE & ID : QUI COMPREND LE CAP CHARLES, LE CAP HENRY, LA BAYA DE LYNHAVEN, L'EMBOUCHURES DE LA RIVIERE DE JAMES ET CELLE DE LA RIVIERE D'YORK. 1782 (CENTER TOP INSIDE BORDER, IN SCRIPT). 4 POINTED COMPASS ROSE (UPPER RIGHT). LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1782MS
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : PARIS
PUBLISHER : FRENCH WAR MINISTRY
LANGUAGE(S) : FREN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 101.8 X 101 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 152,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 1 INCH = 2.4 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-357(REPRO)
HFC ACQ. PRIORITY : 4
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : -
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED CHART OF SOME PART OF THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) :
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : NNE IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SHOALS ARE SHOWN SHADED.
: SOUNDINGS ARE IN FATHOMS.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : PLAIN (2)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : NONE FOUND.

DESCRIPTION : THIS IS A MANUSCRIPT CHART DONE IN THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF WAR IN PARIS, MEASURING 101.8 X 101 CM, WHICH SHOWS IN LARGE SCALE THE SOUNDINGS OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. A REPRODUCTION OF THIS CHART WAS ACQUIRED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ON MAR 29, 1927.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COPY, A REPRO OF WHICH IS IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS IS A MANUSCRIPT CHART.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A PHOTOCOPY OF THIS MANUSCRIPT MAP TAKEN FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS REPRODUCTION, REDUCED TO 80% OF ORIGINAL SIZE. IT HAS A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-357(REPRO).

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NONE FOUND.

May 14, 1991