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Map 55. United States of America: Maryland. 'Chesapeake Bay. Sheet No. 4. From the...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1640/55

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FO 925/1640/55
Date
1859-1862
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Map 55. United States of America: Maryland. 'Chesapeake Bay. Sheet No. 4. From the Potomac River to the entrance to Pocomoke Sound. From a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A D Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States . . . Published in 1859'. Tide and lighthouse tables. Scale: 1 inch to 1.25 miles. Sailing directions. Compass star. Surveyed by E Blunt, S A Gilbert, R D Cutts, J Seib, I Hull Adams, S P Lee, W T Muse and others. Plan number 55 of the Anglo-American Fishery Commission Atlas of 1862, bearing the names of commissioners and the U S surveyor. A manuscript line across the mouth of the Pocomoke River shows fishing limits.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
Physical condition
Lithographed
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Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2489
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19956794/

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