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Auction 96, Lot 169

"Reconnoissance of the passes of the Delta of the Mississippi Louisiana showing the changes since 1839", U.S. Coast Survey

Subject: Louisiana

Period: 1852 (dated)

Publication: Bache, A.D.

Color: Black & White

Size:
20 x 13 inches
50.8 x 33 cm
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Four chartlets on a single page, depicting Blind Bay and vicinity, South West Pass, South Pass and the Delta of the Mississippi. Sailing directions shown in the center of a nicely balanced sheet. Mississippi charting is uncommon with USCS.

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Condition: B

Light browning, adequate margins.

Estimate: $40 - $50

Sold for: $25

Closed on 9/12/2001

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