Anacapa Island in Santa Barbara Channel & Reconnaissance of Smith's Island

Detailed chart consisting of two islands on one sheet. Smith's Island is located in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington, about midway between Admiralty Inlet and Lopez Island. It is connected to the smaller Minor Island, to its east, by a low spit covered at high tide. This chart shows depth soundings, kelp limits, and some explanatory notes to the mariner.
The second chart is significant, being the first known example of the engraving work of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who became a very famous 19th Century Artist. The elevation view of Arch Rock on Anacapa Island is an excellent example of his first known work. This engraving is unusual in that it depicts flocks of seagulls, which gives the etching a personal artistic element not typical of Coast Survey publications.
The chart of Anacapa Island shows some general topography (hachures) and shoreline rocks.

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.