Search Results: Titles starting with U from The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books

USCS, 1855. G w/ some recto and verso staining, w/minim,al effect on image. Extremely detailed chart with extensive notes on Tides, Sailing Directions, Dangers. Some creasing. Modern hand color wash. 39x53cm..

Cornellius Wendell (Printer), Washington (DC), 1855. B&W, VG w/minimal browning, showing extensive details in environs of southern Gulf Coast. Extensive triagulations, limited city plan of New Orleans, detailed in area of mouth of Mississippi R. and delta. From Vermilion Bay east to Bon Secours Bay/Sh ellbank Bayou. 36.5x83cm..

USCS, 1850. G+ w/mild soiling and spotting. B&W w/ sailing directions. Area by Pamlico sound. 35.5x29cm..

Beverley Tucker Public Printer, Washington (DC), 1855. B&W, G+ due to some fold browning, but image is sharp and clear. This large chart with extensive triangulations details the eastern US seaboard from Nantucket Island north to Passamoquoddy Bay. Includes Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays. From the "Rep ort of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854." 81x71cm..

Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1864. G, b&w survey sketch of this region. Fold browning and crease tears (repaired verso with archival tape). Detailed chart of this portion of the Hudson River, with Light House and Tides tables, and with depth soundings. From the "Report of the Sup erintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey during the year 1863." 99x70cm..

Beverley Tucker Public Printer, Washington (DC), 1855. B&W, VG w/mild browning. Delaware Bay is shown, but not detailed. There is tremendous detail of the Chesapeake Bay with insets in the District of Columbia environs, Rappahannock River, and James River. Details of Hampton and Lynn Roads, Mob Jack Bay , Tangier Sound and many others shown. This is a striking map. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854." 86x57cm..

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

Beverley Tucker Public Printer, Washington (DC), 1855. B&W, G+ due to some crease browning. Some triangulation. Includes area of Daufuskie Island and Calibogue Sound. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854." 23x24cm..

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..

USCS, 1855. G w/browning and some verso and marginal foxing. Left lower margin trimmed close to neatline. Modern color wash. Shows coastal North Carolina from Wilmington to Cape Henry w/extensive triangulations. 62x87cm..

Cornellius Wendell (Printer), Washington (DC), 1856. B&W, near fine. Extremely detailed and striking chart w/ inset "Continuation from Savannah to Head of Argyle Island". Includes detailed sailing directions, current and tidal information. From "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showin g the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1855." 49.5x83cm..

USCS, 1852. VG, b&w, with left mid-fold crease tear repaired w/ archival tape on verso. Bright image from St. Helena Sound to Charleston , w/triangulations. Shows Tidal Station, Astronomical Station. 19x43cm..

Cornellius Wendell (Printer), Washington (DC), 1856. B&W, near fine, from Key West to Virginia Key. Inset of "Plan of Beacons Devised by Lt. James Totten U.S. Army".From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1855." 38.5x39cm..

Cornellius Wendell (Printer), Washington (DC), 1856. B&W, VG w/mild fold browning. Area east of Boston Harbor (shown). Small but very detailed, south to Cape Cod Bay. From "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1855." 21.5x22cm..

Beverley Tucker Public Printer, Washington (DC), 1855. B&W, VG w/minimal browning. Elaborate depth soundings, from Lewis bay to Allen's Harbor. Left lower border trimmed out at time of book binding. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854." 34x41cm..

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..

Cornellius Wendell (Printers). Washington (DC), 1856. B&W, VG w/minimal fold browning. Detailed sketch including Long Island, Long Island Sound. There is a heavily triangulated "Sub-Sketch Showing the progress of the Survey of Hudson River". From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, S howing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1855." 42x45cm..

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..

Cornellius Wendell (Printers), Washington (DC), 1856. B&W, VG w/some fold browning. Detailed notes, tidal information, and sailing directions w/cautions. Shows "Goose Flats". From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1855." 59x46cm..

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..