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

USCS, 1863. VG+ w/modern outline tint. Extensive detail w/triangulations. One fold w/some browning. Large, 85x57cm..

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), 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..

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..

USCS, 1846. G, due to images being a bit faint and some ujpper margina staining sheet 1 (2 sheets w/ 4 diagrams). B&W. Sheet 1, Diagram No. 1 (29x22cm.): showing the positions at whhic observations for temperature were made at and below the surface.... Sheet 2 , Diagrams Nos. 2, 3, 4 (28x17cm.) are graphic representations of various temperature readings..

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..

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..

Beverley Tucker Public Printer, Washington (DC), 1855. B&W, VG w/mild crease browning. Extensive triangulation in the vicinity of Galveston Bay, including East and West Bay. Matagorda Bay present, but not heavily detailed. Survey runs from Lavaca Bay east to Sabine Lake. Inset "Sub-Sketch Showing the pr ogress of the Survey of Rio Grande and Vicinity 1853 & 1854). From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854." 19x54cm..

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..

Cornellius Wendell (Printers), Washington (DC), 1856. B&W, VG+. Large, very detailed chart with extensive triangulations showing the entirety of Chesapeake Bay. Areas of Baltimore, Annapolis and a few others designated. Small, but exceptionally detailed inset of portions of Appomatox and James Rivers, up to area of Richmond. Delaware Bay present, but not the sa me amount of detail. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of he Survey During the Year 1855." 85x57cm..

Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1864. G, b&w survey sketch of this region. Fold browning and crease tears (repaired verso with archival tape). Very large chart of the keys, extending southward to the northern Cuba coast, and including Salt Key and Great Bahama Banks. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey during the year 1863." 79x94cm..

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..

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..

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..

Beverley Tucker Public Printer, Washington (DC), 1855. B&W, G+ due to some browning. A small portion of the lower left border is missing, due to the way this map was bound, a common finding in these maps. Very detailed in vicinity of Mississippi Delta, incl. New Orleans environs. Shows area from Vermili on to Bon Secours (Alabama) Bays. Extensive triangulations. Insets of temperature observations and bottom profiles. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854." 37x84cm..

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, 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..

Cornellius Wendell (Printers), Washington (DC), 1856. B&W, VG+ w/minimal fold browning. Has sailing directions. From the "Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1855." 27x32cm..

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..