Search Results: Authors starting with B from The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, December 23, 1844 (28th Congress, 2nd Session). Near fine, small b&w early survey of Bache series, on heavy paper. Limited inland detail. Has mouth of Delaware Bay, Little Egg Harbor, Sandy Hook, Pt. Judith, Long Island eastern coast. Moderate triangulation. Folds as issued. 22.5x14cm (8.75x5.5 inches).

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, December 23, 1844 (28th Congress, 2nd Session). Near fine, small b&w early survey of Bache series, on heavy paper. Has are of Buzzard's Bay, Martha's Vineyard, Naraganset Bay. Shows Providence, Newport, New Bedford. Moderate triangulation. Folds as issued. 20x14cm (8x5.5 inches).

USCS, 1863. Fine w/modern outline hand-colored wash. Extremely detailed w/ sailing directions, warnings. Details of Hilton Head Island coast. 72x56cm..

Washington (DC): US Coast Survey, 1866. Very good b&w chart (thin paper) with folds as issued and very little foxing. The chart is dated 1864, but appeared in the 1866 report of the superintendent of the US Coast Survey, then Alexander Dallas Bache, great grandson of Benjamin Franklin. There are elaborate depth soundings present. Triangulation was by C.O. Boutelle, C.P. Bolles, A.W. Longfellow and Lieut. A.W. Evans. Topography ws by W.H. Dennis and C. Fendall. Hydrography was by the parties under the direction of C.O. Boutelle, W.S. Edwards and C. Fendall. The image measures 51 x 83 cm. . Very Good. Map.

USCS, 1864. Large, G+ w/some marginal foxing and fold browning. Extensive detail incl. Shackleford Banks, Harker's Island, Portsmouth Bank, Piney Point, Mill Point. 49.5x85cm..

USCS 1852. Part of US coastal surveys, with b&w details around Cape Fear, including Smithville, Smith"s Island, Wrightsville inlet, etc. G+ w/minor browning and 1.5 inch left crease tear not affecting image. 29x26cm..

USCS, 1853. B&W of Cape Fear area, including mouth of Cape Fear River. VG-, w/some crease browning. 26.5x30cm..

USCS, 1864. B&W, VG w/some crease browning. Has sailing directions and warnings.51x43.5cm..

USCS, 1857. G w/fold browning and one 3 inch crease tear on left. General detail clear, with notes on tides, lighthouses and beacons. B&W, 38x91cm..

USCS, 1864. B&W, G w/crease browning and some foxing. Beaacons and lighthouses shown. Includes Jarrett's and Nelsonn's Bays, Harker Island, Core Bank. 49x84cm..

USCS, 1855. Outline and divisional color. G w/ some diffuse foxing, some crease brwoning, but image generally clear. Sailing directions, including warnings. 65x45cm..

USCS, 1853. B&W, VG w/lower left neatine trimmed out. Some fold browning. Includes sailing directions with warnings, tide table. 44x35cm..

Beveerley Tucker Public Printer, Washington (DC), 1855. B&W, VG w/minimal browning. Simple sketch. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854." 18.5x20.5cm..

Cornellius Wendell (Printer), Washington (DC), 1856. B&W, VG w/mild fold browning. Extensive triangulations of region. Inset Sketches of: Cape Sable Base, Dry Tortugas, Bahia Honda, Coffin's Patches. 45x36cm..

Cornellius Wendell (Printers), Washington (DC), 1856. B&W, VG+. Very detailed, long chart. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of he Survey During the Year 1855." Includes several notes and tidal information. 96x38cm..

Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1863. G, due to fold browning and crease fragility (a few crease tears repaired on verso with archival tape). This is perhaps the most detailed of the four sheeets, and includes Florida Bay, Straits of Florida, Santaren and Nicholas Channels, Cardenas Bay (northern Cuba), Great and Little Bahama Banks, Andros Island, Gulf of Providence and more. Elaborate depth soundings. From "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey...1863". 58x68cm..

Beverley Tucker Public Printer, Washington (DC), 1855. B&W, G+ due to some browning. A small portion of the lower left border is missing, due to the way this map was bound, a common finding in these maps. Very detailed in vicinity of Mississippi Delta, incl. New Orleans environs. Shows area from Vermili on to Bon Secours (Alabama) Bays. Extensive triangulations. Insets of temperature observations and bottom profiles. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854." 37x84cm..

Cornellius Wendell (Printers), Washington (DC), 1856. B&W, VG+ w/minimal fold browning. Has sailing directions. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1855." 32x23cm..

Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1864. G, b&w survey sketch of this region. Some fold browning and crease tears (repaired verso with archival tape). Numerous triangulations. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey during the year 186 3." 55x61cm..

Washington DC: Cornellius Wendell (Printer), 1855. B&W, near fine map of the northeastern Florida Gulf Coast, with particuar attention to the bays and sounds (from Appalachee Bay westward to Perdido Bay, including Pensacola Bay, Escambia bay, Santa Rosa BaySt. Andrews Bay and Sound, St. Vincents Sound, St. Josephs Bay, St. George Sound). The image measures 9.5x23 inches..