Historic Map : U. S. Coast Survey Chart or Map of Florida, 1860, Vintage Wall Art Size:16in x 24in the upper left quadrant features

the upper left quadrant features a view of Fortress Monroe

Published for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Atlas by Charles Knight of 22 Ludgate Street

The World of Mercator's Projection

Plan of Edinburgh and Leith

has exaggerated the extent of French Louisiana

Historic Map : U. S. Coast Survey Chart or Map of Florida, 1860, Vintage Wall Art Size:16in x 24in the upper left quadrant featuresA beautiful example of the U. S. Coast Survey's 1860 triangulation chart or map of the Florida Peninsula. This nautical map covers from St. Augustine and Apalachee Bay southwards as far as Key West and the Dry Tortugas. There is an interesting swath of inland detail between St. Mary's and the Cedar Keys indicating a rather early state of the Florida survey. Triangulation charts of this type were prepared by the Coast Survey before more detailed survey