A. Chart of the Atlantic Ocean. With an Illustration of the Character and Rout of a Storm Which Occurred on the American Coast in August 1830, by Edmund and G.W. Blunt, dated 1831, hand color (12.4 x 7.5"). This uncommon chart of the Atlantic Ocean stretches from eastern North America, the Caribbean, and the northern tip of South America to Portugal, Spain, and a portion of Africa. The Gulf Stream is featured, and a key explains the different types of arrows used to depict varying winds and currents. A few notes chronicle the hurricane season of 1830 by pointing out the date and location of the storms. A compass rose with a fleur-de-lis radiates rhumb lines in the chart's center. Condition: Issued folding, now pressed flat, with a few abrasions, two of which have been reinforced on verso with archival tape, some extraneous creases, and a few short fold separations in the bottom blank margins that have been repaired on verso with archival tape. (B+)

B. Atlantic Ocean &c. Shewing the Communication Between Europe, North America and the Pacific, by A. & C. Black, circa 1881, printed color (15.1 x 10.5"). Interesting chart that shows transatlantic telegraph cables, the Gulf Stream and other currents, and a network of travel routes across the Atlantic, with notes on distance, duration, and type of transportation. Within the United States, railroads and proposed railroads are shown. Condition: Three chips in the blank margins that have been closed with archival tape on verso. (A)

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