Old nautical charts
Charts made for sailors: harbours and coasts with depth soundings, sailing directions and lighthouses, from the 17th-century Dutch and English chart makers to the US Coast Survey's charts of the 19th century.
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Harbours
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A chart of the harbour of Halifax, in Nova Scotia; with Jebucto Bay and Cape Sambrô, also the islands, ledges of rocks, shoals & soundings.
1768 · Library of Congress
A chart of the harbour of Halifax, in Nova Scotia; with Jebucto Bay and Cape Sambrô, also the islands, ledges of rocks, shoals & soundings.
1778 · Library of Congress
Preliminary chart of main entrance to Charlotte Harbor, Florida
1863 · Library of Congress
A Chart of the harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, and other directions.
1777 · Library of Congress
A chart of the harbour of Boston
1775 · Library of Congress
A new and accurate chart of the harbour of Boston in New England in North America
1782 · Library of Congress
Preliminary chart of the entrance to Pensacola Bay, Florida.
1857 · Library of Congress
Chart of the coast of Maine
1837 · 10 sheets
US Coast Survey charts
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General chart of the coast. No. IV, from Cape May to Cape Henry. From a trigonometrical survey under the direction of F. R. Hassler and A. D. Bache, Superintendents of the survey of the coast of the
1862 · Library of Congress
Preliminary chart of the Atlantic coast - from the entrance of Chesapeake Bay to Ocracoke Inlet
1862 · Library of Congress
Preliminary chart of the northeastern part of the Gulf of Mexico, including the Strait of Florida. Autographic transfer 1861.
1861 · Library of Congress
Preliminary chart of the Atlantic coast from Cape Hateras to Cape Florida. Autographic transfer 1861.
1861 · Library of Congress
Preliminary chart of St. Helena Sound, South Carolina
1864 · Library of Congress
Preliminary chart of Wassaw Sound, Wilmington and Tybee Rivers, Georgia
1864 · Library of Congress
Chart of the Potomac River and Eastern Branch from the Sister Islands to Geesboro Point and thence to the Navy Yard Bridge - with the topography of the adjacent country - made in pursuance of a
1837 · Library of Congress
Preliminary chart of Calibogue Sound and Skull Creek forming inside passage from Tybee Roads to Port Royal Sound, South Carolina
1862 · Library of Congress
Oceans
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Trade wind chart of the Atlantic Ocean
1851 · Library of Congress
Nautical charts with numerous place-names along coastlines. Depths shown by soundings. Title from citation in Philip Lee Phillips' A list of geographical atlases, p. 246. Most maps in Dutch; text and
1705 · 3 sheets
A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents.
1633 · Library of Congress
A new and correct chart of the Western & Southern Oceans: shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations.
1760 · New York Public Library
Pilot chart of the North Atlantic
1853 · Library of Congress
A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia.
1753 · 4 sheets
A New and correct chart of the Western and Southern Oceans: shewing the variations of the compass according to the latest and best observations.
1748 · New York Public Library
A chart of the sea coast from ENGLAND to the STREIGHTS
1702 · New York Public Library
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