The US Coast Survey - Florida Sketch F - 1857

This is a rare 1857 U.S. Coast Survey chart of the Florida coast. Omits the southern top of Florida. An inset in the lower left quadrant details Tortugas Island. There is an interesting swath of inland detail between St. Mary’s and the Cedar Keys – indicating a rather early state of the Florida survey. Sailing instructions for Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay in the lower left quadrant. Upper right quadrant features a table of latitudes and longitudes for important points along the coast. This map was produced in 1857 under the direction of A. D. Bache, superintendent of the United States Coast Survey.

The Office of the Coast Survey, founded in 1807 by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of Commerce Albert Gallatin, is the oldest scientific organization in the U.S. Federal Government. Jefferson created the Survey of the Coast, as it was then called, in response to a need for accurate navigational charts of the new nation's coasts and harbors.

Notes: some wear on paper

Consistent with age and use.

18%

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