- About the Library
- Collections Overview
- Chesapeake Bay
- Civil War Navies, USS Monitor, CSS Virginia
- Culture of the Sea
- Exploration, Voyages of Discovery, and Travel
- Geography & Cartography
- Harbors & Ports
- Immigration & Slave Trade
- Inland Waterways & Canals
- Lighthouses & Lifesaving
- The Mariners' Museum & Huntington Family
- Maritime Commerce, Merchant Marine & Work Boats
- Naval History and Naval Vessels
- Navigation & Seamanship
- Pirates and Piracy
- Recreation & Recreational Watercraft
- Sailing Vessels
- Shipbuilding, Ship Design & Ship Models
- Shipwrecks, Collisions, Salvage, & Underwater Archaeology
- Steamships & Passenger Liners
- Books
- Catalogs
- Electronic Resources
- Manuscripts
- Maps, Charts & Atlases
- Microfilm
- Miscellaneous
- Newspaper and Magazine Articles
- Periodicals
- Photographs
- Plans and Drawings
- Ships' Logbooks, Journals, and Account Books
- Vertical Files
- Special Collections
- Search Catalogs
- Chris-Craft
- Plans & Drawings
- Genealogy Requests
- Research Assistance
- Support the Library
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Over 5000 charts and maps, including a large collection of material related to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The collection is international in scope and contains over 1200 rare maps and several atlases from the early 1600s to 1900.