Coast Chart No. 34. Chesapeake Bay from Choptank to Potomac River.

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  DATE: 1885

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 29 1/4 x 37 5/8" (74.6 x 95.4 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: "Fom a Trigonometical Survey under the direction of A.D. Bache Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States." Published 1863, Updated 1877 and finally in 1885.<br><br> Engraved by J. Enthoffer, J. Knight & H.S. Barnard.<br><br> Point Lookout and the mouth of the Potomac is in the lower left. Shows the Eastern Shore of Maryland from Big Annemessex River northwards to Taylors Island. Hundreds of soundings noted.<br><v> Working sea charts are inherently scarce due to the nature of their use aboard ships and the marine environment. 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.

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• CONDITION: Good condition save for vertical crease through the center, the upper 3" of this crease is a tear. Repaired.

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