| Cartographer | Hills, John, (Surveyor) |
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| Former owner | George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 |
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| Donor | George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 |
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| Date | 1781 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:316,800 |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Maryland--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Delaware--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Pennsylvania--Maps--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Chesapeake Bay
- Delaware
- Maryland
- North and Central America
- Pennsylvania
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| Extent | 1 map on 3 sheets : joined and laid on linen, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 120 x 64 cm |
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| Terms and License | - No known copyright restrictions.
- This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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| Notes | - Sounding depths are given.
- "Copied from the Original by I. Hills Ass.t Eng.r" at lower right.
- Shows roads.
- Shows province boundaries.
- Titiled "A drawn Plan of the Peninsula of Chesopeak Bay, compiled from actual surveys by John Hills, assistant Engineer, 1781. Three sheets" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
- Titled "A plan of the peninsula of Chesapeak Bay, compiled from actual surveys, by John Hills, assistant engineer, 1781;" drawn on a scale of 5 miles to an inch: 3 f. 11 in. x 2 f. 1 in." in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topograhpical drawings in the British Museum.
- Chesapeake Bay with parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia.
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