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| Keywords: 1853 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Cape Fear, North Carolina - Geographicus - CapeFear2-uscs-1853.jpg One of the more striking examples of the U S Coast Survey Map of North Carolina ™s Cape Fear and Cape Fear River Extends from Federal Point south to the top of Cape Fear and then west past Smithville and Fort Caswell to Oak Island roughly 78 04 Longitude Offers superb coastal detail of the North Carolina mainland as well as Smith ™s Island and Federal Point From a nautical perspective the map offers a wealth of depths soundings and sailing instructions as well as information on shoals light houses and tides The triangulation for this chart was calculated by C P Bolles The Hydrography was accomplished J N Maffitt Prepared under the supervision of A D Bache for the 1853 Report of the Superintendant of the U S Coast Survey 1853 dated Size in 14 18 object history credit line accession number CapeFear2-uscs-1853 <i>Report of the Superintendant of the U S Coast Survey </i> 1853 edition Geographicus-source PD-art United States Coast Survey maps Old maps of North Carolina 1853 maps | ||||
