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Auction 125, Lot 936
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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, 1885", U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, United States

Period: 1886 (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 18 folded charts. Appendix 14 is a report on deep sea work along the Gulf Stream, with two one-page charts (Straits of Florida and Key Biscayne Bay). Folding progress maps include: East Coast of Florida from Amelia Island to Halifax River; West Coast of Florida from Cape Sable to Charlotte Harbor; Coast of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; Coast of California from Point Sal to Tomales Bay; and from Tomales Bay to the Oregon line; Coast of Oregon and Washington Territory from Tillamook Bay to the Boundary, and 12 more.

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Condition: B+

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $75

Closed on 9/24/2008

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