Old Map of Maryland and Virginia
December 1, 1906
Summary
In a Baltimore library, there is a map of seventeenth century Maryland and Virginia that gives details to the times of the American colonies.
Transcription
Old Map of Maryland and Virginia
At the Peabody library is an old map of Maryland and virginia which is believed to date back to the seventeenth century. The map has a description of Maryland on one leaf of the back and a description of Virginia on the other leaf. It is bound with a few blank pages to give it stability and was evidently part of a larger work describing the American colonies, as the pages are numbered. “Baltimore town” is situated between the “Sasquesahanough” and Bush rivers. No especial mention is made of it in the description of the colony, in which “St. Maries” figured as the chief place. In addition to the Susquehanna, with its queer spelling, the principal rivers are named as the Potomac, Patuxent, Ann Arundel, alias Severn, Choptank, Nanticoke, and Pocomoke. Tobacco raising is named as the principal source of revenue in the colony, and it is stated that trade was carried on chiefly by barter and exchange. THe map was published in London. --Baltimore Sun.
At the Peabody library is an old map of Maryland and virginia which is believed to date back to the seventeenth century. The map has a description of Maryland on one leaf of the back and a description of Virginia on the other leaf. It is bound with a few blank pages to give it stability and was evidently part of a larger work describing the American colonies, as the pages are numbered. “Baltimore town” is situated between the “Sasquesahanough” and Bush rivers. No especial mention is made of it in the description of the colony, in which “St. Maries” figured as the chief place. In addition to the Susquehanna, with its queer spelling, the principal rivers are named as the Potomac, Patuxent, Ann Arundel, alias Severn, Choptank, Nanticoke, and Pocomoke. Tobacco raising is named as the principal source of revenue in the colony, and it is stated that trade was carried on chiefly by barter and exchange. THe map was published in London. --Baltimore Sun.
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Upper Left Quadrant
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Emma Roberts
Citation
“Old Map of Maryland and Virginia,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed January 20, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/840.