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A Chart of the Sea Coast of the State of Mississippi Executed by Authority of the State 1839

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Sale 466: Travel - Natural History - Medicine - Cartography (#466) 11/03/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #26 A Chart of the Sea Coast of the State of Mississippi Executed by Authority of the State 1839

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Heading:

(Mississippi)

Title:

A Chart of the Sea Coast of the State of Mississippi Executed by Authority of the State 1839

Author:

U.S. Government

Place Published:

Washington

Date Published:

1839

Description:

Engraved map. 29x51 cm. (11½x20"), folds as issued.

Covers the region from the lighthouse west of Pearlington to beyond Pascagoula. Includes simple town plans of Pascagoula, Biloxi, Mississippi City, Christanne, Shieldsboro, and Pearlington. Offshore soundings and numerous islands are delineated, including Horn, Ship, Cat and Deer Islands, the Malheureux Isles and N. Chandeleur Island. Surveyed in 1839 by John Wheeler Engineer.

Condition:

Fine.

Item#:

225016

Headline:

Coast of the State of Mississippi 1839
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