| Creator | Hills, John, surveyor |
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| Date | 1781 |
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| Scale | Scale [1:316,800] |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | Newberry Library |
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| Collection (local) | Newberry Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Nautical charts--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Early works to 1800
- Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
- Delmarva Peninsula--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Chesapeake Bay
- Delmarva Peninsula
- North and Central America
- United States
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| Extent | 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 1,204 x 617 mm. |
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| Terms and License | - No known copyright restrictions.
- Contact host institution for more information.
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| Notes | - NB. The soundings up to Turkey Point where taken on 1777.
- Related to two ms. variants in the Crown collection at the British Musuem and the Germain papers at the University of Michigan Clements Library. For a biographical sketch of Hills and a list of his works and their locations, cf. Guthorn.
- Pen-and-ink, watercolor and wash (blue, green, yellow, red).
- Sectioned into 20 panels and mounted on cloth; cloth subsequently removed as backing.
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