British Admiralty Hydrographical Office
1929

Antique chart of Florida Tortugas Cays to Cap San Blas

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Gulf of Mexico. Coast of Florida. Tortugas Cays to Cap San Blas from the latest United States Coast Surveys.

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Bold original British Admiralty nautical chart 1890 (1928) of the southwest coast of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico: "Tortugas Cays to Cape San Blas from the latest United States Coast Surveys". Includes extensive coastal detail with St. Andrews Sound, Cape San Blas, Apalachicola, Sea Horse Reef, Anclote Key, Tampa Bay, Punta Gorda, Cape Romano, Cape Sable, Key West, and the Tortuga Bank.

Published at the Admiralty, London on January 24, 1890 under the superintendence of Captain W. J. L. Wharton, Hydrographer. This is the edition of 1915 with last correction in 1929. Chart number 1274. Engraved by Davies and Company.

Includes three large inset charts of Florida ports and Harbors:
  • Apalachicola Bay: West Pass. 1911.
  • St. Marks River. 1909.
  • St. George Sound: East Pass. 1914.

CREATOR: British Admiralty Hydrographical Office

PUBLICATION DATE: 1929

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Gulf of Mexico

CONDITION: Very good.  Clean on heavy paper with only one horizontal fold. One small (1") tear outside the neatline repaired from the verso.

COLORING: Exquisitely hand colored to period by an artist of the highest qualifications.

ENGRAVER: Davies and Company

SIZE: 25 " x 37 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 61

PRICE: $

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