Every Lake
Maryland
A state cut nearly in two by the Chesapeake, and pinched to a couple of miles wide at Hancock.
Maryland in relief
The land itself, cut in six steps of birch from the lowlands to the high ground — the cities starred, the summit and rise on the title block. No counties, no roads: just the shape of Maryland.
About Maryland
Maryland is the most oddly shaped state east of the Mississippi. The Potomac draws the entire southern and western border — the state owns the river to the far bank — while the Mason-Dixon line rules the north, and at Hancock the two squeeze the map to about two miles across. The Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the country, splits the rest into Western Shore and Eastern Shore, with the Susquehanna feeding it from the head. Appalachian ridges climb to Garrett County in the west; the Eastern Shore is flat tidewater and marsh. Twenty-three counties plus the independent city of Baltimore.
Maryland ratified on April 28, 1788, seventh of the thirteen. Annapolis has been the capital since 1694; its State House is the oldest state capitol still in legislative use and served as the nation's capital in 1783 and 1784, where Washington resigned his commission. The board shows the whole reach of the state — I-95 and the Baltimore-Washington corridor at one end, the Bay Bridge crossing to Kent Island, and I-68 climbing the Alleghenies to the narrow panhandle and Deep Creek Lake.
- Six layers of birch — the land in elevation steps
- The summit and total rise on the title block
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A double rule engraved around the edge
- Every county line and the state border
- The interstates with their shields — 8 on this board
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A mile ruler engraved around the frame
