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Chesapeake Bay
noun
- an inlet of the Atlantic, in Maryland and Virginia. 200 miles (320 km) long; 4–40 miles (6–64 km) wide.
Chesapeake Bay
/ ˈtʃɛsəˌpiːk /
noun
- the largest inlet of the Atlantic in the coast of the US: bordered by Maryland and Virginia
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Three shiploads of men docked at Chesapeake Bay on April 26, 1607.
From The Daily Beast
Biard (Relation of 1616) seems to apply this name to the region of Chesapeake Bay.
From Project Gutenberg
The tidal rivers mentioned previously are actually estuaries of Chesapeake Bay and they flow periodically inland.
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He continued his explorations, and made a complete map of Chesapeake Bay to send back to England.
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I've heard Mr. Lockwood tell of the days they lay in the rushes along the Chesapeake Bay waiting for duck.
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Already Virginians were beginning to eye the benefits of settlement in the northern reaches of Chesapeake Bay.
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