Penobscot River and Belfast Bay, Maine.

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  SKU: 92490

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• PUBLISHER: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: 1882, 1899.

• EDITION SIZE: 40 x 25 1/4" (101.5 x 63.5 cm) plus margins.

• DESCRIPTION: This chart is amazingly precise, noting hundreds of soundings, detailed coastline, hydrography, topography, roads, towns, anchorages, channels etc. In the upper left is the continuation to Bangor. Working sea charts are inherently scarce due to the nature of their use aboard ships. Although likely common when first made, the vast majority of them were either destroyed by use or destroyed intentionally when new updated versions were obtained.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Some soft horizontal creases. Narrow right margin. Not uncommon issues for a working sea charts.

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• CATEGORIES: Maps