28 THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF CALVERT COUNTY 



map as might be produced by a rover or an untrained hunter who had 

 explored the region in a general way. The representation of the Pa- 

 tuxent River is extremely diagrammatic and conventional. Near its head 

 waters, there is a sketch of an animal which is probably meant to indi- 

 cate a fox, as its tail is represented as somewhat bushy. The shore of 

 Chesapeake Bay occupied by the Calvert Cliffs is not as accurately rep- 

 resented as the same region in the Smith and Lord Baltimore maps, for 

 in place of being straight and devoid of inlets, Alsop has indicated it as 

 quite irregular. The surface of the region occupied by Calvert County 

 is depicted as irregular and hilly and the elevations, in place of being 

 clustered along the shore line in the region of the Calvert Cliffs, as was 

 done in earlier maps, are here scattered over the entire surface of the 

 county. The convention is probably meant to indicate the irregular sur- 

 face of the region, a conception which a hunter travelling over the 

 country might easily gain as he worked his way up the stream valleys and 

 across the narrow but flat-top divides. In addition to the features just 

 mentioned, a drawing of a house indicates possibly a settlement, while 

 one or two trees are added to suggest the presence of forests. 



The map which Smith published in 1612 was not excelled by 

 other explorers until 1670, when Augustin Herrman brought out a map 

 of the region extending from southern New Jersey to southern Virginia. 

 Herrman, it seems, offered to make a map of Lord Baltimore's territory 

 provided Lord Baltimore in return would grant him a manor along Bo- 

 hemia River; this proposition was accepted in 1660 and Herrman soon 

 after began to fulfil his part of the contract. He was engaged in this 

 work for about ten years, and the map which he finally produced indi- 

 cates that he had considerable talent, not only as a surveyor, but also as 

 a draughtsman. The cartographic work of Calvert County was the 

 best which had appeared up to that time. The name " Calvert 

 County" here appears on the map together with a number 

 of the more important settlements scattered over the area. The coast 

 line bordering the Bay is represented, not straight as in some of the 

 previous maps, but curved, approximating the outline as it actually 

 exists, although the embayment is somewhat deeper than it should be. 



