1852 Antique Nautical Chart, Horn Island Pass Mississippi Sound, US Coast Survey

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1852 Antique Nautical Chart, Horn Island Pass Mississippi Sound, US Coast Survey
Chart of the Horn Island Pass showing the east end of Horn Island, west end of Petit Bois Island and the pass and entrance to the Mississippi Sound The chart show numerous depth soundings, bathymetry, bottom conditions, aids and hazards to navigation, bearings and detailed sailing instructions and notes. IMPORTANT NOTE: All of our United States Coast Survey (USCS), United States Coast & Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), and similar maps and charts have been professionally unfolded and flattened using humidity baths, semi-permeable membrane and drying blotter techniques. Most others you typically see on eBay have not been, and worse, are quickly and crudely unfolded for the low quality photos you see. Unfolding these maps in that way is damaging and weakens them. Please be aware.
1852 Antique Nautical Chart, Horn Island Pass Mississippi Sound, US Coast Survey
YEAR PUBLISHED:
1852
CARTOGRAPHER/MAPMAKER:
U.S. Coast Survey, Bache, A. D. Superintendent
PUBLICATION:
Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1852, House Executive Document no. 64
PUBLISHER:
Washington, Robert Armstrong Public Printer 1853
FULL TITLE:
H No. 4 Horn Island Pass Mississippi Sound
CONDITION:
Very fine to excellent conditon with slight overall toning, folded as issued. See photos for details.
DIMENSIONS:
16 X 13
DESCRIPTION:
Chart of the Horn Island Pass showing the east end of Horn Island, west end of Petit Bois Island and the pass and entrance to the Mississippi Sound The chart show numerous depth soundings, bathymetry, bottom conditions, aids and hazards to navigation, bearings and detailed sailing instructions and notes.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
All of our United States Coast Survey (USCS), United States Coast & Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), and similar maps and charts have been professionally unfolded and flattened using humidity baths, semi-permeable membrane and drying blotter techniques.  Most others you typically see on eBay have not been, and worse, are quickly and crudely unfolded for the low quality photos you see.  Unfolding these maps in that way is damaging and weakens them. Please be aware.
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