Sketch Showing the Positions of the Beacons on the Florida Reefs, U.S. Coast Survey

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1855

Sketch Showing the Positions of the Beacons on the Florida Reefs

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SKU: 987

DESCRIPTION

A helpful chart of the Beacons on the Florida Reefs, from Key Biscayne to Key West. Keys, reefs, islands, sounds, and beacons are shown. The map also has a nice detailed drawing of a beacon and its components.

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

U.S. Coast Survey A.D. Bache Superintendent, Sketch Showing the Positions of the Beacons on the Florida Reefs

MAPMAKER/CARTOGRAPHER/AUTHOR

PUBLISHER

Washington: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856

PUBLICATION

Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing The Progress of the Survey During The Year 1855, House of Representatives, 34th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 6.

DIMENSIONS (Inches)

21.75 X 17.25

CONDITION

Poor to good, overall toning, darker edges at folds, cropped margin and folded as issued, some fold/intersection separations with slight missing areas, some archival tape reinforcement/repair, see photos for details.