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Carte de la Baye de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins.

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Abbe Prevost, Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1747-.61.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 1/2 x 11 3/8" (19 x 28.8 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: From Antoine Prevost's "Histoire generale des voyages." This detailed map of the Chesapeake Bay area includes Delware Bay and southern New Jersey. It extends west to Fort Cumberland. Major rivers such as the Potomack and Rappahannock are mapped. Early towns sited include Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Williamsburg, Norfolk, Annapolis, and Baltimore.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. B/W

  • REFERENCE: Sellers & Van Ee #1437, 1383.

  • CATEGORIES: Maps