Preliminary Chart of Biloxi Bay, Mississippi U.S. Coast Survey

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1855

Preliminary Chart of Biloxi Bay, Mississippi

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SKU: 1547

DESCRIPTION

A very nice nautical chart of Biloxi Bay, Mississippi. The chart includes numerous soundings, bottom designations, aids and hazards to navigation, anchorages, lighthouse information, notes, tidal information, and compass rose. The city of Biloxi is shown with some detail. This chart does not appear in some editions of the 1855 Reports.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

All of our United States Coast Survey (USCS), United States Coast & Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), and similar maps and charts have been professionally unfolded and flattened using humidity baths, semi-permeable membrane, and drying blotter techniques. Most others you typically see on eBay have not been, and worse, are quickly and crudely unfolded for the low-quality photos you see. Unfolding these maps in that way is damaging and weakens them. Please be aware.

FULL TITLE

Preliminary Chart of Biloxi Bay, Mississippi, From a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A.D. Bache Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of The United States, Triangulation by S.A. Gilbert Assistant, Topography by W.E. Greenwell Asst., Hydrography by the Party under the command of Lieut. B.F. Sands U.S.N. Assist. 1855

MAPMAKER/CARTOGRAPHER/AUTHOR

U.S. Coast Survey, Bache, A. D. Superintendent

PUBLISHER

Cornelius Wendell, Printer 1856, Washington

PUBLICATION

Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854, House Executive Document no. 6

DIMENSIONS (Inches)

19.25 X 15.5

CONDITION

Fine with overall toning, cropped at binding as issued, minor foxing, folded as issued, some darkened fold lines as is typical. See photos for details