Chesapeake Bay
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent) .... North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation) ........ United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Chesapeake Bay (bay) ............ Chesapeake Bay (bay) (P)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi, 1721
Item — Case MC-2, Folder: Map 24
Identifier: 39.557
Scope and Contents
This map contains depictions of Louisiana territory and the surrounding areas, such as Florida, Carolina and as north as the Great Lakes. This map also depicts areas near Louisiana as inhabited by Indigenous peoples, such as the Apache and the Padoucas tribes. Inscribed in type, "The Landing Place of Fyrnand Soto in 1539" in middle on recto; Inscribed in type, "Explanation: [house] Habitations of the Indians [asterisk] Promiscuous Nations [plus sign] Nations destroyed [snake emblem] Course...
Dates:
1721
A New & Accurate Map of the Provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, &cc., 1752
Item — Case MC-2, Folder: Map 35
Identifier: 39.646
Description
From catalog info:Southeast United StatesEmaual Bowen (ca.1720-1767), English PublisherA new and accurate map of the provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, etc., drawn from late surveys and regulated from astronomical observations by Emanuel Bowen (map publisher).This map depicts the provinces located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida. This map also includes the area inhabited by the Cherokee Nation, as well as the Appalachian Mountains,...
Dates:
1752
Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus Dn Walteri Raleigh, 1585 - 1590
Item — Drawer MC-2, Folder: Map 4
Identifier: 3975.226
Translated Title
A Region of America, Now Called Virginia, Discovered for the First Time by the English at the Expense of Sir Walter Raleigh Descriptive Title Early map of the colony of Virginia Transcript (DCI) Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta primum ad Anglis inuenta sumtibus Sir Walter Raleigh, equestris ordinis viri Anno dominae MDLXXXV regni vero Sereniss: nostrae reginae Elisabethae XXVII
Hujus vero...
Dates:
1585 - 1590
Carte de l'Amérique et des Mers Voisines, 1763
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.76
Translated Title
Descriptive Title
Map of America and Neighboring Seas
Descriptive Title
La Petit Atlas Manitime, Volume I
Dates:
1763
Early map of the colony of Virginia, 1612
Item — Drawer MC-2, Folder: Map 5
Identifier: 3926.248
Description
From catalog info:Map of Virginia when discovered in 1606 and described by Captain John Smith. This map was reproduced in 1868.7 leagues equal one inch.Graven by William Hole. J. Bares, Oxford, 1612. (Repo-1868).Note in pencil on verso of map. Impression is taken from map of Virginia, 1624 copper plate used for John Smith's General History of Virginia 80(1819) published at Richmond (Virginia). Reproduction made from plate in 1868 by T.H.W. Note in lower...
Dates:
1612
Map of the colonies of Virginia and Maryland, 1752
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.195
Description
A new, accurate map of Virginia and Maryland laid down from surveys and regulated by Astron Observant, Emanuel Bowen.
Dates:
1752