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Auction 189, Lot 245

"Chart of Long Island Sound", Blunt, Edmund

Subject: Long Island Sound, New York & Connecticut

Period: 1822 (dated)

Publication: American Coast Pilot

Color: Black & White

Size:
16.8 x 7 inches
42.7 x 17.8 cm
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This early survey of Long Island Sound was published in the American Coast Pilot by Edmund M. Blunt. The chart spans from New York east to Block Island, including portions of coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island. It shows soundings, place names, notes on reefs, fishing grounds, and more. Engraved by Hooker.

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Condition: B

Issued folding, now flat, with some extraneous creasing and minor offsetting. A couple short tears have been archivally repaired on verso.

Estimate: $110 - $140

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Closed on 9/14/2022

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