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Grayscale wood engraving of a pictorial map showing the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast with white water channels and hatched land, labeled Atlantic Ocean.

Pictorial Map of the Seat of War, Showing Parts of the States of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina, and also the Coast Line from Cape Henry to Fort Pickens, with the United States Blockading Fleet, from Harper's Weekly, June 8, 1861

A wood-engraved pictorial map in grayscale shows the Atlantic coast and the Chesapeake Bay, with white water channels winding through dense hatched land and the ocean labeled across the top. The bottom margin carries the caption naming the blockading fleet and coastline from Cape Henry to Fort Pickens, with a Harper's Weekly page header.

Artist
Unidentified
Date
1861
Medium
wood engraving on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
3000 × 2172 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1861).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Mapa pictórico del teatro de guerra, bahía de Chesapeake y costa atlántica, 1861

Un mapa pictórico xilografiado en escala de grises muestra la costa atlántica y la bahía de Chesapeake, con canales blancos de agua que serpentean entre tierras densamente rayadas, y el océano rotulado en la parte superior. El margen inferior lleva la leyenda que menciona la flota de bloqueo y la costa desde Cape Henry hasta Fort Pickens, junto al encabezado de Harper's Weekly.

Português: Mapa pictórico da frente de guerra, baía de Chesapeake e costa atlântica, 1861

Um mapa pictórico gravado em madeira, em tons de cinza, mostra a costa atlântica e a baía de Chesapeake, com canais brancos de água que serpenteiam entre terras densamente hachuradas, e o oceano identificado na parte superior. A margem inferior traz a legenda que menciona a frota de bloqueio e a costa de Cape Henry até Fort Pickens, junto ao cabeçalho da Harper's Weekly.

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