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| Keywords: 1873 U.S. Coast Survey Chart or Map of the Carolina Coast - Geographicus - CarolinaCoast-uscs-1873.jpg An exceptional example of the 1873 U S Coast Survey's progress chart of the North Carolina and South Carolina Covers from Cape Henry Virginia south past the Pamplico Sound and Cape Hatteras to Cape Fear It was here looking over the Pamplico Sound that Giovanni de Verrazano proudly and foolishly declared that he had discovered a route to the Pacific Shows triangulation points throughout the regions as well as all major islands rivers and inlets Lighthouses ports cities beaches and other sites noted Prepared under the supervision of A D Bache and Benjamin Peirce for the 1873 Superintendent's Report 1873 dated Size in 25 35 object history credit line accession number CarolinaCoast-uscs-1873 <i>Report of the Superintendant of the United States Coast Survey </i> Washington 1873 edition Geographicus-source PD-art United States Coast Survey maps Old maps of North Carolina Old maps of the Atlantic Ocean 1873 maps | ||||
