Scarce U.S. Coast Survey Map Depicting Entrance to San Francisco Bay Dated 1856

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian 1720-1778) Engraving on wove paper depicting an ancient Roman funeral monument in the form of a cornucopia from the Via...

An interesting depiction of the Korean Embassy as published in The Wasp, a weekly San Francisco newspaper started in 1876 by Francis Korbel. The Wasp had a very political and anti-im...

Pompeiana The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii by Sir William Gell, complete in two 1/4 leather tall octavo volumes with marbleized boards. 82 full page engraved plates ...

Irwin John David Bevan (English 1852-1940) A dramatic pair of English watercolors on paper depicting naval battles. The paintings are inscribed on the versos as follows: The first: ...

Antique map titled 'Kaart der Teloeti Baai op Ceram.' This scarce map shows the Taluti Bay on the Moluccan island of Ceram. Originates from 'Tijdschrift Aardrijkskundig Genootschap',...

Original map of Martinique from 1887 with chartered waters around the island. Prepared from a French survey, completed in 1825, showing town, ports, rivers and tributaries. Published...

1920 nautical chart of the East Coast of the United States from Virginia to Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The chart shows Cape Cod, Long Island, the Connecticut coast, Jersey Shore, Maine, New Hampshire, etc. Very detailed, showing ports, lighthouses, shoals, depths, etc. The chart is by famous cartographer George W. Eldridge, compiled from surveys of the United States government, British Admiralty, George Eldridge, and others. First authorized by George Eldridge, published in 1916 by Wilfred O. White with a merchant's stamp of Charles Hutchinson...

Presented is U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay from 1856. The map depicts the region from Susquehanna, Maryland to the northern Outer Banks in North Carolina. It also shows from Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia to the Atlantic Ocean. The map is highly detailed with many cities and towns labeled throughout. Rivers, inlets, and bays are also labeled. Various charts illustrating more specific parts of the region are marked on the map using dotted lines. The lines form boxes, and the corresponding chart number and publication date are given. Extensive triangulation surveys were conducted the length of Chesapeake Bay and are illustrated here. Hampton Roads, Virginia is labeled, along with the James, York, and Rappahannock Rivers, which were all extensively surveyed. The chart was published under the supervision of A. D. Bache, one of the most influential and prolific figures in the early history of the U.S. Coast Survey, for the 1856 Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor. Bache served as the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey from 1843 to 1865. Born in Philadelphia, Bache toured Europe and composed an important treatise on European Education. He also served as president of Philadelphia's Central High School and was a professor of natural history and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Upon the death of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, Bache was appointed 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...