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Five Maps of Texas from the U.S. Coast Survey

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maps, Atlases & Globes Start Price:195.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Five Maps of Texas from the U.S. Coast Survey
<B>Five Maps of Texas from the U.S. Coast Survey Supervised by A. D. Bache</B></I> <B>"Galveston Bay"</B></I>, 18" x 22.5", including sailing directions and insets of Clopper's Bar and Red Fish Bar. Very good condition with folds and some trimming on the left border.<BR><B>"Reconnaissance of Aransas Pass"</B></I>, 11" x 14", including sailing directions. Very good condition with folds, acidification, and slight creasing at the top.<BR><B>"Aransas Pass"</B></I>, 9.5" x 8.5", including sailing directions. Very good condition with folds and some chipping on the left border.<BR><B>"Sketch I Showing the progress of the Survey in Section No. 9, 1948 to 51"</B></I>, 14.25" x 8.5". Very good condition with folds and a two-inch tear along the left border. <BR><B>"Sketch I Showing the progress of the Survey in Section No. 9, 1848 to 53"</B></I>, 23.25" x 9.75". Very good condition with folds and some acidification. <BR>Physicist and reformer Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was the great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin. A West Point graduate and veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he was appointed Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, one of the nation's leading scientific institutions, in 1843. A master of delegating authority, Bache managed to map the entire coast, including these detailed sections depicting the Texas seaboard.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Large (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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