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MAP #: 318G5
CARTOGRAPHER : GOEDECKE, JOHN FREDERICK
DATE: 1818
SHORT TITLE : ANNAPOLIS HARBOUR & ROADS.
REMAINING TITLE & ID : SURVEY'D BY JONATHn. W.
SHERBURNE. U.S. NAVY. (TOP LEFT, NO CARTOUCHE). "DRAWN BY JOHN
FREDEr. GOEDECKE." (BELOW TITLE). "N. 9." (TOP LEFT CORNER).
TABLE OF TRIANGULES USED IN CONSTRUCTING THIS CHART, WITH DIAGRAM
OF TRIANGULATION ABOVE IT (BOTTOM LEFT HALF OF MAP). SCALE OF 2
NAUTICAL MILES (BOTTOM RIGHT). "RECONNOITERING OF CHESAPEAKE BAY.
1818" (RIGHT CENTER). SIGNATURES OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
(ABOVE AND TO RIGHT OF SCALE). STAMP OF THE "ENG. DEPT U. STATES
TOP. BUREAU" (FACED LEFT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER). 16 POINT
COMPASS ROSE (CENTER OF CHART). LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).
DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1818MS
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 60.5 X 93.0 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 19,456
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : G3844.A61818.S5
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-303 (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 : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWN IN FEET AND
FATHOMS.
: SHOALS ARE SHOWN IN COLORED SHADING.
: CONTOUR LINES ARE INDICATED.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : PLAIN (2)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 318U3, 318U5, 318U6, 318U7,
318U8, 318U9, 319UB, 318UD, 319U5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG IS THE BEST
FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS NOTEWORTHY COASTAL CHART OF
ANNAPOLIS HARBOR AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY NEAR THE HARBOR WAS
PREPARED IN 1818 FOR THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS INVESTIGATING THE
DEFENSE OF THE ATLANTIC COAST FOLLOWING THE WAR OF 1812. IT IS IN
MANUSCRIPT PEN AND INK WITH WATERCOLOR WASH. IT IS BASED ON A
SURVEY BY JONATHAN W. SHERBURNE. SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG NOTE THAT
THE BOARD WAS COMPOSED OF BOTH ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS, WHO
UNDERTOOK TO HAVE A NUMBER OF SURVEYS DONE ALONG THE EAST COAST
DURING THAT DECADE. COLOR TINTS AND CONTOUR LINES DEPICT DEPTHS
BELOW MEAN SEA LEVEL. SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWN IN FEET AND FATHOMS. A
SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS IS GIVEN. THIS
MANUSCRIPT CHART IS LOCATED IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE
CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, WASHINGTON, D.C.
GOEDECKE'S CHART WAS USED AS AN INSET IN 1819 IN THE TOP RIGHT
CORNER OF A LARGER CHART OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE PATAPSCO
RIVER BY THE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES OF BALTIMORE UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF LEWIS BRANTZ AND PUBLISHED BY FIELDING LUCAS JR. THE
TABLE OF TRIANGLES AND THE ACCOMPANYING DIAGRAM ARE OMITTED IN THAT
1819 USE. SEE MAP # 319B5.
DATA IS FROM SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PHOTOCOPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.
EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS IS A MANUSCRIPT CHART.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS
A FULL SIZE PHOTOCOPY OF THE PHOTOCOPY OF THIS CHART IN THE LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS. IT HAS A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-303 (REPRO).
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NONE FOUND.
July 21, 1991
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