Blunt, E and G.W.
1850

Entrance to The Chesapeake Bay

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Entrance to The Chesapeake Bay Reduced from the Surveys Made by D.P. Adams and Others by Order of the Navy Comissioners of the U.S.

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Pre Civil-war chart of the channels, banks, shoals, flats, and anchorages of the lower Chesapeake Bay between Mob Jack Bay and a line through Cape Henry and Cape Charles. The chart, created by Edmund Blunt, is from the 1850 edition of the "American Coast Pilot". 16th Edition.

Coverage includes: York River, James River, Hampton Roads, Lyn-Haven Roads, Fort Calhoun, and Smith's island. With numerous depth soundings and aids-to-navigation.

The American Coast Pilot with other harbor charts, was published by Edmund and George W. Blunt from New York. The Blunts were the most prolific private publisher of navigational charts in the United States at that time. The chart is based on earlier surveys by Adams and other members of the U.S. Navy.

CREATOR: Blunt, E and G.W.

PUBLICATION DATE: 1850

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Chesapeake Bay

CONDITION: Very Good.  Copperplate engraved on sound, clean and bright paper.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: Hooker

SIZE: 8 " x 7 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

PRICE: $

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