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Auction 201, Lot 186
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"The Coast of the United States Sheet No. 2 from Cape Lookout to Cape Carnaveral from the U.S. Coast Surveys", Blunt, Edmund

Subject: Southeastern United States

Period: 1861 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
31 x 46.8 inches
78.7 x 118.9 cm
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This large-scale blueback chart extends from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Cape Canaveral, Florida. There is excellent navigational detail with hundreds of soundings, rocks, shoals, currents, lighthouses and more. Created in 1860 with additions to 1861. Backed with stiff blue paper and partial original paper label on verso.

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Condition: B

The chart has light toning at top and bottom and some small areas of dampstaining. There is a long horizontal separation across the upper third of the chart and a number of smaller splits at top and bottom, all of which have been closed on verso with a combination of bookbinding tape and linen tape.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $250

Closed on 11/20/2024

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