Portland Harbor Maine U.S. Coast Survey

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1866

Portland Harbor Maine

$145.00
SKU: 1823

DESCRIPTION

Chart of Portland Harbor, Maine focusing on the surrounding islands and waterways and approaches. This chart has great bathymetric detail in the form of numerous depth soundings, shading, notations, bottom conditions etc. Many ranges and bearings are given along with sailing directions, tidal notes, dangers and other information for the mariner. Significant terrestrial details such as vegetation, properties, buildings, roads, railroad bridges, places, and relief via hachures are depicted. The many piers of the city are shown as well. An elevation view of the entrance to Portland Harbor and Portland Head Light is included.

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

Portland Harbor Maine From a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A.D. Bache Superintendent of the Survey of The Coast of The United States, Triangulation by C.O. Boutelle Assistant U.S.C.S. Topography by A.W. Longfellow Assist. Hydrography by the parties under the command of Lieuts. Comdg. M. Woodhull, T.A. Craven, R.A Roe and J. Wilkinson U.S.N Assists

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)

27 X 30

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.