Virginia, Maryland, Chesapeake & Delaware Bays

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CP113 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Preliminary Sketch Showing the soundings off the Sea Coast of Delaware and Maryland by the Hydrographic Party of the U. S. Coast Survey" Wash. D. C. 1850. B/W. 13X9. Finely engraved chart shows the shoreline from Rehoboth Bay, Delaware southward to just below Sinepuxent Bay, Maryland, noting principal bays and inlets along the way. Many soundings are shown offshore along with Fenwick Is. Shoals, Isle of Wight Shoal, Great & Little Gull Banks. Includes navigational notes on 'dangers' around the shoals and Fenwicks Is. 

CP123 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Metomkin Inlet” Virginia. Wash. 1862. Colored. 21X19. Chart has very detailed soundings outside and into the inlet. Topographical details shown along the coastline and around Metomkin Bay. Locates creeks, landing, shoals. Navigational notes on buoys, tides, bottoms & variations. 

CP125 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Reconnaissance of the Entrance to Chesapeake Bay" Virginia, by the Hydrographic Party under the command of Lieut. B. F. Sands. U. S. Navy. 1851. 10½X12. B/W. Sailing directions, tides, many soundings, navigational notes. All channels, including the main ship channel. Fisherman's Island. Smith's Island. Cape Henry and Cape Charles located. 

CP139 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Preliminary Chart of Part of the Seacoast of Virginia and Entrance to Chesapeake Bay." Wash. D.C. 1855. B/W.28X21. Fine large vertical chart shows the coast from Assowoman Is. south to Smith's Is., Cape Charles & Cape Henry, locating shoals & hundreds of soundings offshore & into Chesapeake Bay. Depicts Norfolk, Portsmouth & Gosport & the Navy Yard. Hampton & Hampton Roads. Includes a large inset chart of the Entrance to Chesapeake Bay in top left, and written sailing directions to enter Chesapeake Bay. Also notes on currents, lights, tides & dangers. A handsome intensely detailed chart in excellent condition. 

CP150 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Norfolk Harbor, Virginia.” Wash. D. C. 1857. B/W. 19½X15½. Very detailed chart shows Portsmouth and block plan of the Gosport Navy yard on the Elizabeth River at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Locates Washington Point, Fort Norfolk & Paradise Creek and shows many depth soundings in the River with channels & courses & includes detailed navigational notes. An excellent chart. 

CP158 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “The Harbor of Annapolis” Wash. D.C. 1846. Colored. 15X17. (Reproduced from the original.) Fine nautical chart shows Annapolis Harbor on Chesapeake Bay and depicts Kent Island with Price's Point, block plan of Annapolis & St. John's College. Locates the Severn River, Round Bay, the Lighthouse at Greensberry's Point, Whitehall Flats, Sandy Point Lighthouse, Hackett's Point, North Shoal, Inner and Annapolis Roads, and depicts hundreds of depth soundings in the Bay and River, with beacons, buoys and courses well delineated. Includes 4 landfall approach views as aids to navigation plus navigational notes on tides, Lat. and Long. and Magnetic Variations, and includes detailed sailing directions for vessels bound into the Harbor. The chart includes both topographical and hydrographical details. The Topography engineered by J. H. Young, Phila. the Views by O. Lawson of Wash. D.C. and the Hydrography under the direction of George M. Bache. Lieut. U. S. Navy.

CP161 - S. A. MITCHELL “Plan of Baltimore.” Phila. 1872. Colored. 9X11. Intensely detailed street block plan of Baltimore in the late 19th century shows the City Dock, the Basin and the N.W. Branch of the Patapsco River. Depicts wharves, public buildings, hospital, museum, railroads and the St. Clare Station. St. Mark's College, cemetery, Union Square and the Odd Fellows Hall. Map has a decorative border frame and is from Mitchell's “New General Atlas”, published in Philadelphia in 1872. 

CP163 - J. N. BELLIN “Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland, ou Le Baie De Chesapeack et Pays Voisins. Pour Servir a L'Histoire Generale des Voyages, Tiree des Meilleures Cartes Angloises.” Paris. c. 1757. Colored. 7½X11. Very attractive chart shows both Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and the coast of New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia down to Cape Charles and Cape Henry. The chart depicts Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, and the principal towns of Annapolis, Fredericksbourg, & Williamsbourg and shows the Potomac, James, York and Rappahanock Rivers flowing into Chesapeake Bay from inland which is still only partially settled. High mountain ranges are depicted to the West divided by many rivers and valleys. A decorative title cartouche is engraved in lower right & ornamented with flowers, leaves and scrolls in the French 18th century rococo style. The chart was published in “L'Histoire Generale des Voyages” compiled by Prevost D'Exiles, and engraved under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) a prominent French hydrographer and engraver.

CP164 - JOHNSON & BROWNING “Johnson's Delaware and Maryland by Johnson & Browning.” NY. 1862. Colored. 12X16½. Attractive map shows counties in different colors and all major cities, towns and harbors. The map focuses on Chesapeake Bay in center with rivers flowing into the Bay from Elkton down to Baltimore, Annapolis and the Patuxent and Potomac Rivers. Depicts the District of Columbia and Fairfax and Alexandria, Virginia, plus a section of Maryland bordering Delaware Bay and River and the New Jersey shore. Includes 5 finely engraved vignettes of 1.) the General Post Office, 2.) the Treasury Building, 3.) the Patent Office, 4.) Harper's Ferry and 5.) the Capitol. From Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas compiled and Engraved under the Supervision of J. H. Colton and A. J. Johnson. 1862.

CP167 - J. B. HOMANN “Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali. Britannorum Industria Excultae.” Amsterdam. 1729. Colored. 19X23. This striking map covers the east coast of America from New York Harbor & part of Long Island down to Cape Fear, North Carolina. Includes both Chesapeake & Delaware Bays & shows depth soundings along the entire coastal regions & into the Bays & New York Harbor. Locates all principal counties, harbors, capes, rivers, & lakes in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina & New Jersey. Shows small block plan of Philadelphia & locates Baltimore & Baltemore County. Many Indian Territories are depicted inland. As the map shows German settlements including Governor Alexander Spotswood's German Colony at Germana on the Rapidan River, it was thought that the map was intended to promote German immigration to America in the early 18th century. As the depth soundings indicate, the map may have been used aboard ships bringing the immigrants over to the New World. The map was first published by Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) in Nurnberg in 1714 & later in a number of different atlases with this example being published by R & J. Ottens in Amsterdam in 1729 in “Atlas Maior Cum Generales Omnium Totius Orbis Regnorum.” Title in lower right is surrounded by a large & highly decorative cartouche depicting a ship's Captain bartering with Indians surrounded by native vegetation & exotic animals. An armorial motif on a stone plinth is drawn in the background. A finely engraved & beautiful map. (Ref. Phillips Atlases. #4257. Vol. 17. No. 103)

CP169 - J. BIEN (Untitled.) “General Topographical Sheet I. Maryland/Virginia.” New York. 1891. Colored. 16½X27¼. Excellent map of Chesapeake Bay & the Maryland Shore, shows all rivers flowing into the Bay from Eastern Bay & the St. Michael's River, down to the Patuxent, Potomac, Rappahanock, York & James Rivers. Depicts Norfolk & Cape Henry at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay & locates the eastern shore of Maryland from the Isle of Wight, Sinepuxent Bay, Chincoteague Bay, Assawoman Inlet, Metomkin Inlet & Broad Water down to Cape Charles. Inland the map shows Washington D.C. & Richmond & all major cities, towns & villages, roads & railroads, rivers & elevations. Published by Julius Bien (1826-1909) a well-known 19th century lithographer, for “The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies. 1861-1865.

CP170 - J. BIEN “Two Part Military Map Showing 1) the Topographical Features of the Country Adjacent to Harper's Ferry, VA. including Maryland, Loudon & Bolivar Heights & Portions of South & Short Mountains with the Positions of the Defensive Works also the Junction of the Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers & Their Passage through the Blue Ridge.” Map 2) is titled “Map of the Vicinity of Hagerstown, Funkstown, Williamsport & Falling Waters, MD. Accompanying the Report of Maj. Gen. G. G. Meade on the Battle of Gettysburg, Oct. 1st 1863.” NY. 1891. Colored. 16X27. Both maps shows topographical details, indicating towns & villages, roads and railroads, rivers & elevations & Army Positions. Published by Julius Bien (1826-1909) a well-known 19th century lithographer the maps were issued in “The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies 1861-1865. A fine lithograph in very good condition.

CP171 - J. FISHER “Baye De La Delaware Avec Les Ports, Sondes, Dangers, Bancs, Etc. Dupuis Les Caps Jusqu'a Philadelphie d'Apres La Carte de Joshua Fisher Publiee a Philadelphie A Paris. Chez Le Rouge. 1777. Avec Privilege du Roi.” Paris. 1778. B/W. 18½X25¼. This fine chart was drawn by Joshua Fisher (1707-1783) in 1756 from his surveys of the Delaware River from it's entrance at Cape Henlopen and Cape May upriver to Philadelphia. After only a few copies were distributed, the chart was suppressed by Governor Robert Hunter Morris, for fear it would get into the hands of the French. However, Fisher had it re-engraved later on, on a smaller scale, which was reproduced extensively at the start of the Revolutionary War including this copy which was published by George le Rouge in Paris in 1777 in his “Atlas Ameriquain” The chart is very detailed showing depth soundings in the River, shoals, & the Main Ship Channel, with small islands, inlets & harbors along the shore. Locates Newcastle, Wilmington, Chester, Gloucester & a block plan of the City of Philadelphia. At the top of the chart are listings of the 22 pilots & 20 masters of vessels who were the original subscribers in 1756 plus tide tables for mariners using the chart. Includes a compass rose in lower left with fleur-de-lys motif. (Ref. “Maps & Charts Published in America Before 1800.” By J. C. Wheat & C. E. Brun.) Very good condition.

CP173 - E. & G. W. BLUNT “Delaware Bay Reduced from the U. S. Coast Survey.” New York. c. 1846. Colored. 13¼X8¼. Finely detailed chart depicts thousands of depth soundings from the entrance to the Bay at Cape May,  New Jersey & Cape Henlopen, Delaware to Reedy Point & Salem. Locates harbors on both the New Jersey & Delaware shores with many Points, Necks. Bays & Inlets & includes Shoals, Ledges, Channels & Courses. The chart was included in Blunt's “American Coast Pilot” c. 1846 & drawn & engraved by Charles Copley A well known engraver from Brooklyn, NY who worked for the U. S. Coast Survey. Good condition.

CP174 - H. MOLL “Virginia and Maryland. By H. Moll. Geographer.” London. c.1711-1717. 10½X8 Intensely detailed early map of Chesapeake Bay shows all the counties from Baltimore & Arundel down to I. of Wight & Norfolk Counties. Depicts cities, towns & rivers flowing into the Bay & includes the entrance to Delaware Bay at Cape May, New Jersey & Cape Henlopen in Essex County. Also shows the English & Indian Plantations indicated by small symbols drawn between the rivers & forested areas. Locates shoals at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay with Cape Charles & Cape Henry & depicts all the islands in the Bay & along the shoreline. This fine map was drawn to depict the newly settled areas in Virginia & Maryland, in the early 18th century. Drawn & engraved under the direction of Herman Moll (c.1654-1732) one of London's most famous geographers & mapmakers. Published in “Atlas Geographicus or a Compleat System of Geography.” A fine map in very good condition.

CP175 - E. BLUNT “Entrance to the Chesapeake Bay Reduced from the Surveys Made by D. P. Adams & Others by Order of the Navy Commissioners of the U. S.” New York 1854. Colored. 7X8½. Finely engraved chart shows Cape Charles & Cape Henry on either side of the Entrance, with courses, the Bay Channel & the Middle Ground & soundings along the shorelines. Depicts Hampton Roads, Fort Calhoun, the James and York Rivers, Mob Jack Bay & Old Plantation Flats. Engraved & published by Edmund and George William Blunt, in New York for the American Coast Pilot of 1854. 17th Edition.

CP176 - E. BLUNT “The Bay & River of Delaware.” New York 1841. Colored. 7½X½. Finely engraved chart shows Cape May & Cape Henlopen at the entrance, called on the chart the Capes of Delaware. Depicts courses & the Cape May & New England channels. Chart follows the River to Gloucester & Philadelphia, & the New Jersey Atlantic shoreline from Cape May to Townsend Inlet & Great Egg Harbor. Engraved & published by Edmund & George William Blunt for the American Coast Pilot, in 1841, 14th Edition.

CP177 - GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE “A Map of that Part of America Where a Degree of Latitude was Measured for the Royal Society. By Chas. Mason & Jere Dixon.” London 1769. Colored. This attractive small map shows the Mason-Dixon Line dividing Pennsylvania & Maryland. The line however, was originally drawn to settle a dispute between the Calvert family who owned Maryland and William Penn who owned the territory that became Pennsylvania along with the Delmarva Peninsula. The Calvert & Penn families had been given their lands by the English Kings, Chsrles I and Charles II, in 1632 & 1682, but the boundary lines were never accurately drawn and in 1750 the families decided to appeal to the British Court in London to have their boundary lines redrawn by responsible & knowledgeable surveyors. Accurate surveying was still in its infancy but the Chief Justice in London appointed two reputable Englishmen, Charles Mason, an astronomer and Jeremiah Dixon a surveyor, to go to America & to start working on a boundary line that was to start 15 miles south of Philadelphia. It took them 4 years of arduous work from 1763-1767 to complete the task. The map shown here illustrates an article published in the Gentleman's Magazine in London in 1769 which details the standards used by Mason & Dixon in determining latitudes, degrees & distances used by them to draw new & accurate boundary lines required to appease the families & resolve the dispute. The map was drawn for the Royal Society in London, whose members were scientists, astronomers, inventors, mathematicians & intellectuals who were often called upon for their expertise & opinion in solving disputes & were frequently involved in matters regarding the Colonies. ( Note a copy of the Gentleman's Magazine for 1769 is included with the map.)

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