chesapeake bay

Smith's 1612 Map of the Chesapeake - Public domain map

By extensive travel and help from American Indian communities Smith was able to create an extremely accurate map with primitive navigational equipment that was used for nearly a century.

Smith's 1612 Map of the Chesapeake - Public domain map

Smith was able to produce a very accurate map with through extensive travel and American Indian assistance that was used for nearly a century.

Virginia / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captan [sic] John Smith, ...

Map showing Chesapeake Bay area and Indian place names with inset of Powhatan, and a Susquehanna Indian / John Smith.

[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smi...

1606 map of Virginia as described by John Smith showing the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, other geographic features, and a vignette of the Native leader, Powhatan, in council. Illus. in: The generall historie ... More

[Map of Atlantic Coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay to Flo...

Shows coastal features, Native American nations and settlements, and other geographical entities. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps in Henry Harr... More

A survey of a plot in Lancaster and Northumberland counties bounded by...

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral survey map. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink on tracing paper, mounted on cloth with an index of place names and resident houses on 2 sheets of blue lined paper attach... More

A draught of Virginia from the Capes to York in York River and to Kuiq...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Karte von der Bay Chesapeack und den benachbarten Landen zur Allegemei...

Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris. LC copy annotated: Ml. 25 0'00. "No. 11." "T.XVI.C." From Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und Lande. 1758. v. 16, p. 538. Availab... More

[Map of the country between and bordering the Delaware River and Chesa...

Scale ca. 1:670,000. Title from P. L. Phillips' List of maps of America. Manuscript, pen and ink and pencil. Label on verso has title: Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey showing roads. LC M... More

A new and accurate chart of the Bay of Chesapeake, with all the shoals...

Scale ca. 1:250,000. Soundings shown in fathoms. "Drawn from several draughts made by the most experienced navigators, chiefly from those of Anthony Smith, pilot of St. Marys; and compared with the modern surve... More

Map of the maritime parts of Virginia exhibiting the seat of war and o...

Scale ca. 1:700,000. Hand colored. "For the Pennsa. Mag. p. 184." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1442 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Thomas Jefferson, June-July 1776, Map of Action at Gwyn's Island, Ches...

Map of Action at Gwyn's Island, Chesapeake Bay

A sketch of the navigation from Swan Pt. to the River Elk at the head ...

Scale ca. 1:72,000 and ca. 1:30,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Annotated in handwriting of Admiral Lord Howe: By Mr. Hunter, master of the Eagle. Depths shown by soundings. Navigable channels outl... More

Carte de la baie de Chesapeake et de la partie navigable des rivières,...

Scale ca. 1:525,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. "14." From the author's Neptune americo-septentrional contenant les côtes. 1778-80. Includes text and inset "Plan de la Baie Her... More

To the American Philosophical Society, this map of the peninsula betwe...

This map of the peninsula between Delaware & Chesopeak Bays, with the ...

Scale ca. 1:650,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Inscribed "To the American Philosophical Society." Hand colored. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1376 Availab... More

Carte de la baie de Chesapeake et de la partie navigable des rivières...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Chart showing the depth of the James and York rivers as they enter Che...

Scale ca. 1:200,000. Title from P. L. Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 227. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the right. Shows settlements, points of interest, and aids to navigation. Avail... More

To the American Philosophical Society, this map of the peninsula betwe...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A Sketch of the Military Topography of Baltimore and its Vicinity and ...

This map shows British and American positions before Baltimore during the British attack of September 12-14. It includes the positions of Brigadier General John Stricker's Maryland forces consisting of Captain... More

This survey of the River Patapsco and part of Chesapeake Bay,

Scale ca. 1:40,960. Depths shown by shading and soundings. LC copy annotated in blue pencil and red ink. LC copy imperfect: Torn along fold lines, sections of upper and lower edges missing. Includes notes, "De... More

This survey of the River Patapsco and part of Chesapeake Bay,

Scale ca. 1:40,960. Hand colored. Depths shown by shading and soundings. Includes notes, "Description of ranges," and insets of "Annapolis Harbour & roads" and "Survey of the harbour of Baltimore and the waters... More

This survey of the River Patapsco and part of Chesapeake Bay,

Scale ca. 1:40,960. Depths shown by shading and soundings. LC copy annotated in pencil. LC copy incomplete: Additional sheet showing the southern section of Patapsco River, the Chesapeake Bay, and the inset of ... More

This survey of the River Patapsco and part of Chesapeake Bay,

Scale ca. 1:40,960. Depths shown by shading and soundings. LC copy annotated in blue pencil and red ink. LC copy imperfect: Torn along center fold, section of upper right margin missing. Includes notes, "Descri... More

Chart of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay nautical chart

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Patrol Craft 691 (YP 691), US Naval Academy ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Chesapeake Bay State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Cale Hanie, USN Release Status: Released... More

Great Southern mail route from New York to N. Orleans! Through in 71/2...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 30, Folder 30.

Map showing route of Norfolk & Petersburg Rail Road and its connection...

Map of the eastern United States between the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River. Shows drainage, place names and the railroad network. Chartered March 17, 1851. Line completed in 1858. consolidated in Apr... More

Copy of Section of Photograph Map captured from the enemy Showing coun...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Map of the Battles of Bull Run Near Manassas

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Central Virginia showing Maj. Gen'l. P. H. Sheridan's Campaigns and Ma...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Fort Monroe and vicinity showing entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk, ...

Scale ca. 1:375,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 546 Shows forts Monroe, Calhoun, Nelson, and Norfolk, Confederate batteries on Sewell's Point, towns, names of features, drainage, roads, and railroads. "View o... More

[Three sailboats on Chesapeake Bay]

Title devised. Inscribed below image: Chesapeake Bay. Inscribed below image: Turn over sketch of Sumerville [sic] Pond. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.58) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil Wa... More

Central Virginia showing Lieut. Gen'l. U.S. Grant's Campaign and March...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Topographical copy of a Map of the Valley of the Shenandoah River From...

Topographical copy of a Map of the Valley of the Shenandoah River From Strasburg, [Va.], to Harper's Ferry. [W.] Va., with the adjacent counties west of it and south of the Potomac River, Captured in the rebel ... More

[Map of area in the vicinity of Berkeley Springs.]

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

[Map of the Shenandoah Valley from Strasburg, Va., to Harpers Ferry an...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Sketch of the Site of the O[pe]rations of the 10th, 11th, & 12th, July...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Alexander D. Bache to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 26, 1861 (Sends ...

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...

Sends coast survey of Chesapeake Bay

Map of the Battle Fields of Manassas and the Surrounding Region Showin...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Martinsburg [and vicinity]. - U.S. National Archives Public Domain pho...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of the State of Virginia [and Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, a...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart

Nautical chart of part of the Chesapeake Bay between the Magothy River (at north) and Kent Point (at south) including the Annapolis city region. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by shading and soundings. ... More

Passages of the Rappahannock and the Battle of Fredericksburg

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Preliminary chart of the Atlantic coast : from the entrance of Chesape...

Depths shown by soundings. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Available also through the Libr... More

[Map of the James River Valley from the vicinity of Richmond to Chesap...

Shows both Confederate and Federal fortifications in the area of Malvern Hill and shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. ... More

Plan of Fortress Munroe [sic], Va., 1862.

Shows the area surrounding Fort Monroe, including the Chesapeake Bay, Old Point Comfort, and Camp Hamilton to the north. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. This item is ... More

Fort Monroe and vicinity showing entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk, ...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Preliminary chart of the Atlantic coast : from the entrance of Chesape...

Reconnaissance of the Battle field at Bull Run, Va., fought July 21, 1...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Map Showing the Position of Williamsburg From Surveys made by command ...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

[Sketch map of White Oak Swamp and vicinity southeast of Richmond.]

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Map of the Battlefield of Bull Run, August 29th & 30th, 1862. Surveyed...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Positions of Humphreys' Division, Battle of Fredericksburg, Decr. 13th...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sketch of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Saturday, Dec. 13th, 1862, [sh...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Coast Chart No. 31, Chesapeake Bay, sheet no. 1. York River Mapton Roa...

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monitor map, showing the whole seacoast from Chesapeake Bay, down to S...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 45 Shows towns, roads, railroads, forts, and rivers. Inset: Williams, W. A. Sketch of Charleston harbor. Scale ca. 1:71,000. 24 x 25 cm. Description derived from pu... More

Monitor map, showing the whole seacoast from Chesapeake Bay, down to S...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Southern Mississippi and Alabama Showing the Approaches to Mobile. U.S...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Coast Chart No. 34, Chesapeake Bay, from Choptank River to Potomac Riv...

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake Bay, Sheet no. 1, York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake ent...

Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.5 At head of title: Coast chart no. 31. Printed in the upper margin: "No. 131" and "Electrotype copy no. 2 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." General chart indicating sound... More

Chesapeake Bay. Sheet 6, from the mouth of York River to the entrance ...

Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.52 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1864... More

Map of the Shenandoah & Upper Potomac Including Portions of Virginia, ...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

[Sketch of action near New Cold Harbor, Va.]

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Topographical Sketch of the Battle Field of the Wilderness from Reconn...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Craighill's channel range or leading lights, Chesapeake Bay--The low l...

Below print: Am. Photo-Relief, Printing Co., Phila. Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1873, plate opposite p. 45.

Craighill's channel range or leading lights, Chesapeake Bay--The high ...

Below print: Am. Photo-Relief, Printing Co., Phila. Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1873, plate opposite p. 44.

Chesapeake Bay from Magothy River to Choptank River nautical chart

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake Bay from head of bay to Magothy River nautical chart

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Chesapeake Bay, sheet no. 3, Potomac entrance, Tangier and Pocomoke So...

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake Bay, sheet no. 1, York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake ent...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Chesapeake Bay, sheet no. 2, Rappahannock entrance, Mobjack Bay, Cherr...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Map showing the Southern Maryland Railroad and its connections : north...

Covers Maryland, eastern Virginia, Delmarva Peninsula, and southeastern Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows shipping routes in Chesapeake Bay. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 18... More

[Outline map of eastern Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay region].

Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil mounted on cloth. In pencil in top right margin: Copy of Map No. 4, U.S.C. & G. survey report, 1882. LC Civil War maps (2nd ... More

Eldridge's chart of Chesapeake Bay, with the James, York, Rappahannock...

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The oyster war in Chesapeake Bay

Pirates dredging at night. Drawing by Schell and Hogan. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, Mar. 1, 1884, p. 136. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Police; Shi... More

The oyster war in Chesapeake Bay

"I demand the surrender of Sylvester Cannon". Drawing by Schell and Hogan. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, Mar. 1, 1884, p. 136. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tr... More

The oyster war in Chesapeake Bay

The pirates attaching the police schooner "Julia Hamilton". Drawing by Schell and Hogan. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, Mar. 1, 1884, p. 136. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. C... More

"She pretended to eat a little of the furmity with the leaden spoon." ...

Illustrates scene of Mrs. Newsam and old saleswoman at the fair from Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge; and oyster boats at war in the Chesapeake Bay off the Maryland shore. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1... More

From Magothy River to Choptank River nautical chart

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maryland--The oyster war--A state police steamer overhauling a pirate ...

Two men on police boat arresting two men who are illegally oystering. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 65, no. 1686 (1888 Jan. 7), p. 345.

Oystering on the Chesapeake. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1890 Jan 11, p. 20. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oyster tongers fishing from side of boat, Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

Stereo copyrightd by Keystone View Co. No. 6872. Caption card tracings: Fishing Oysters; Md. Chesapeake Bay; Photog. I.; Geogr.; Shelf.

Hut of oyster fishermen, Chesapeake Bay, near Sherwood, Md., U.S.A.

Two African American women and one man standing outside building, near water. H68658 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6889.

Oyster tongers fishing from stern, Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

Stereo copyrightd by Keystone View Co. No. 6871. Caption card tracings: Fishing Oysters; Md. Chesapeake Bay; Photog. I.; Geogr.; Shelf.

Hut of oyster fisherman, Chesapeake Bay, near Sherwood, Md., U.S.A.

3 African Americans standing in foreground; one of them holding a rifle over his shoulder. Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 6889. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ind. Shellfish; African Americans... More

Site Plan for the U.S. General Hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland

Post and Reservation Maps Public domain scan of architectural plan, map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picking crabs for market, on banks of Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

African Americans picking meat out of crabs. Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 6893. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ind. Shellfish; African Americans; Ph. Ind.

Dredging oysters from sailing craft, Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

3 men working on boat. Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 6891. Caption card tracings: Ind. Shellfish; Geogr.; Ph. Ind.

A statue of a man with a hat and coat. Fort mchenry baltimore history.

The statue of in the park / A statue of a man in a cape and cape sculpture.

Sailing down the Chesapeake Bay

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Sailing down the Chesapeake Bay

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Sunset at Tangier - National Parks Gallery

Tangier Island known for its quaint fishing community and iconic layout remains one of the best places to visit in the Chesapeake bay.

Tangier at Sunset - National Parks Gallery

Tangier island known for its quaint fishing community still holds true as one of the top places to visit in the bay.

National parks: dolphins - public domain image

a pod of dolphins in Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay, National Parks gallery

Planning for Werowocomoco’s future with tribal and community stakeholders.

A Chesapeake Fall - National Parks Gallery

Fall is a wonderful time for the Chesapeake as Oyster Festivals are in full swing and the foliage changes turning the bay into a visually stunning masterpiece of colors.

Today's Catch, National Parks gallery

A fisherman hauls in the day's catch. The bay has been harvested for fish, oysters, mussels and other aquatic resources for more than 10,000 years.

Chesapeake Bay. Fishing scene in Chesapeake Bay

Job title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the... More