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Description:
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts from a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States. Washington: U.S. Coast Survey [Electrotype Copy No. 10 by G. Mathiot], 1863. Large chart printed on heavy paper, modified edition, based on the 1857 printing, with six land profiles along the bottom, detailed depiction of Boston area settlements and topography, and sailing directions in the upper right corner, old folds, some breaks in the paper where folds converge, framed, 37 x 29 1/4 in.
Estimate $250-350
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A.D. Bache, United StatesJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
508-970-3293
Fine Books & Manuscripts
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