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Annapolis marina 3
Annapolis , Maryland, marina. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Annapolis , Maryland, marina
- Nature
- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Annapolis
How working water, access and organised sailing shaped Annapolis.
Scroll to read the water through time
Annapolis is Maryland’s capital and a harbour city on the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay.
Sources for this chapter
1745
A working shore
The Maryland Gazette, which became an important weekly journal, was founded there by Jonas Green in 1745; in 1769 a theater opened; during this period also the commerce was considerable, but it declined rapidly after Baltimore, with its deeper harbor, was made a port of entry in 1780.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The route to the water
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Annapolis.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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ONE OF THE SMALLER BOATS IN THE MULTI-CLASS ANNAPOLIS-NEWPORT RACE, AN IMPORTANT BIENNIAL SAILING EVENT ON... - NARA - 547453
ONE OF THE SMALLER BOATS IN THE MULTI-CLASS ANNAPOLIS--NEWPORT RACE, AN IMPORTANT BIENNIAL SAILING EVENT ON CHESAPEAKE BAY. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- ONE OF THE SMALLER BOATS IN THE MULTI-CLASS ANNAPOLIS--NEWPORT RACE, AN IMPORTANT BIENNIAL SAILING EVENT ON CHESAPEAKE BAY
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
ORGANISED SPORT
Sailing becomes organised
As commercial harbour work declined, recreational sailing and boatbuilding became increasingly central to Annapolis, which now hosts major sailing events throughout the year.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Annapolis is recorded at 38.970° N, 76.480° W as an estuary venue. A course drawn here is temporary: wind, current, shore and marks determine the water that sailors actually meet.
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Annapolis marina 3
Annapolis , Maryland, marina. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Annapolis , Maryland, marina
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Annapolis now
Annapolis remains a state capital, naval city, working harbour and year-round sailing centre on the Chesapeake Bay.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Annapolis marina 3
AOD.US.ANNAPOLIS.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
ONE OF THE SMALLER BOATS IN THE MULTI-CLASS ANNAPOLIS-NEWPORT RACE, AN IMPORTANT BIENNIAL SAILING EVENT ON... - NARA - 547453
AOD.US.ANNAPOLIS.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Annapolis, Maryland overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.