Entrances to Cape Fear River North Carolina

A very large and striking edition of the U.S Coast Survey's Map of North Carolina's Cape Fear. Extends from Federal Point south to the tip of Cape Fear and then west past Smithville and Fort Caswell to Oak Island. An inset of the Frying Pan Shoals that extend south from the top of Cape Fear is shown. Depths soundings and aids to navigation showing shoals, channels, points, rivers, buoys, lighthouses, and tides are extensive. The preliminary work for this region was completed in 1857. The triangulation for this chart was calculated by C. P. Bolles. The topography was completed by C. P. Bolles and J. S Bradford. Hydrography was accomplished by T. A. Jenkins, J. N. Maffitt, and J. S. Bradford. Issued in the 1867 supplement to the 1865 Superintendent's Report.

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.