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Auction 125, Lot 935
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"Report of the Superintendent of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Showing the Progress of the Work during the Fiscal Year Ending with June, 1880", U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, United States

Period: 1882 (published)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
10 x 11.5 inches
25.4 x 29.2 cm
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This volume contains a report of field operations for the year, 18 appendices and 32 folded charts. Many of the appendices discuss and illustrate the instruments used in coast survey work. There is also a large folded chart of the explorations of Columbus. Other folding sketches include: Point Judith to New York City; New York City to Cape Henlopen; Coast and Sounds of North Carolina; Chesapeake Bay and tributaries; Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; and many more.

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Condition: B+

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $75

Closed on 9/24/2008

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