DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERN- 

 ING THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF 

 CALVERT COUNTY, WITH 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



BY 



GEORGE BURBANK SHATTUCK 



Introductory. 



The miscellaneous observations made by the early explorers of Calvert 

 County pertained to subjects which have now become distinct fields of 

 investigation. Notes which relate to discoveries in geography and 

 geology have been gathered from various sources by the author who has 

 grouped together the most important of them under their respective 

 heads. The review of geographical research begins with a summary of 

 the exploration made by Capt. John Smith in 1608 and ends with the 

 recent work of the State Geological Survey during the summer of 1902. 

 The account of the geological research begins with Wm. Maclure's investi- 

 gations in 1809 and ends with the latest publications made in 1906. 



Historical Eeview. 



Calvert County, which occupies a narrow neck of land between Chesa- 

 peake Bay on the east and the deep estuary of the Patuxent Eiver on the 

 south and west, is favorably situated for exploration and colonization 

 and was consequently visited and settled by the Europeans at a very 

 early date. As is customary in a new country, explorations were at first 

 incomplete and the maps made by the early geographers far from cor- 

 rect. But as time advanced and the country became more thoroughly 

 explored, the rough preliminary maps were replaced by more exact and 

 satisfactory ones. The history of exploration in Calvert County is, 

 therefore, a narrative of the gradual accumulation of information which 

 at first was vague and general, but now has become definite and specific. 

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