Cotes Orientales de l'Amerique Septentrionale: Carte du Cap Henry au Port Great Egg... .

France - Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine.

 

Date of original: 1867

Dimensions: 12.01" x 9.25" (25% original), 19.21" x 14.80" (40% original), 24.02" x 18.51" (50% original), 31.22" x 24.06" (65% original), 36.02" x 27.76" (75% original), 43.23" x 33.31" (90% original), 48.03" x 37.01" (original size).  [Custom sizing also available.  Please contact us for more information.]

Coverage:  Scale (W 79°50-W 76°40/N 40°00-N37°50)

Subject: Nautical charts - Chesapeake Bay (Maryland and Virginia) - Delaware Bay (Delaware and New Jersey) - Virginia - Cape Henry - Great Egg Harbor Bay (New Jersey) - Early Works to 1800

Notes: Relief shown by hachures.  Depths shown by isolines and soundings.  Includes "feu tours," or "fire tours," shown by red dots in a yellow wash.  Buoys are designated by letters: "R" for "rouge" (red), "N" for "noire" (black), "B" for "blanc" (white), "RP" for "raies perpendiculares" (vertical lines), and "RH" for "raies horizontales" (horizontal lines).  Railroads are indicated, including the Alexandria and Loudoun, Baltimore and Philadelphia, Richmond and York, Richmond and Petersburg, and Norfolk and Petersburg lines.  Reproduction of an American map published in 1861.

 

Alan M. Voorhees Collection - The Alan M. Voorhees Map Collection extends from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle through the U.S. Civil War period with the bulk of the collection consisting of pre20th century maps. In a variety of map formats, such as nautical charts and views, the collection focuses primarily on the Chesapeake Bay area and the development of Virginia within the larger geographical and historical contexts of Europe and America.