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Image: 1857 U.S. Coast Survey Map or Chart of St. Mary's River and Fernandina Harbor, Florida - Geographicus - StMarys-uscs-1857

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Description: An attractive hand colored 1857 U.S. Coast Survey sea chart or map depicting St. Mary’s River and Fernandina Harbor in Northern Florida. Details the winding course of the St. Mary River Delta from St. Mary’s to the Pacific. Shows a grid plan of the cities of St. Mary’s and Fernandina. Notes Fort Clinch on Amelia Island as well as the S. Beacon lighthouse and the Florida Rail Road. Inland regions are depicted in considerable detail, down to individual buildings. In addition to inland details, this chart contains a wealth of practical information for the mariner from oceanic depths, to harbors and navigation tips on important channels. The hand color work on this beautiful map is exceptionally well done. This map was created under the direction of A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States and one of the most influential American cartographers of the 19th century.
Title: St. Mary's River and Fernandina Harbor Florida.
Credit: This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, a specialist dealer in rare maps and other cartography of the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, as part of a cooperation project.
Author: United States Coast Survey
Permission: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
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License: Public domain
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