Coast Chart No. 27, From Cape May to Isle of Wight

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1866

Coast Chart No. 27, From Cape May to Isle of Wight

$65.00
SKU: 1818

DESCRIPTION

A striking U.S. Coast Survey chart of the entrance to Delaware Bay from Cape May to Isle of Wight, Maryland showing numerous soundings, aids and hazards to navigation, points, rocks, islands, lighthouses, vegetation, water bodies, buildings and properties along with a smal inset chart of Cape Henlpen's Delaware Breakwater. Depicted are Cape May, Cape Henlopen, Rehoboth Bay, Indian River Bay, and Assawoman Bay. 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

Coast Chart No. 27, From Cape May to Isle of Wight, From a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A.D. Bache Superintendent of the Survey of The Coast of The United States, Triangulation by E. Blunt, J.E. Johnstone and J. Farley Assistants. Topography by J.J.S Hassler and G.D. Wise Assistants. Hydrography by the parties under the command of Lieuts. Comdg. T.R. Gedney, G.S. Blake, G.M. Bache, S.P. Lee and R. Bache U.S.N Assistants

MAPMAKER/CARTOGRAPHER/AUTHOR

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

PUBLISHER

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1869

PUBLICATION

Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing The Progress of The Survey During The Year 1866.
39th Congress, 2nd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 87

DIMENSIONS (Inches)

29 X 34.25

CONDITION

Good to very good, with overall toning, darkened fold seams, folded and cropped at binding as issued, weak and fragile paper as is typical, seam separations. See photos for details.