. English: Offered is a Coast Survey map or chart of the Virginia coastline from Gartathy Inlet to Gr. Machipongo Inlet. Includes several of Virginia’s barrier islands, specifically, Hog Island, Paramore’s Island, and Cedar Island. Numerous nautical notes and depth soundings dominate the right-hand side of the map. 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. Preliminary Sketch of the Sea Coast of Virginia from Gargathy Inlet to Gr. Machi


. English: Offered is a Coast Survey map or chart of the Virginia coastline from Gartathy Inlet to Gr. Machipongo Inlet. Includes several of Virginia’s barrier islands, specifically, Hog Island, Paramore’s Island, and Cedar Island. Numerous nautical notes and depth soundings dominate the right-hand side of the map. 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. Preliminary Sketch of the Sea Coast of Virginia from Gargathy Inlet to Gr. Machipongo 1853. 8 1853 Map of the Virginia Coast ( Gargathy to Machipongo ) - Geographicus - SeaCoastVirginiaNo2-uscs-1853


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