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Title

SKETCHES ACCOMPANYING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY.

[Ho. Of Reps.]

32nd Congress, 2d Session.

Ex. Doc. No. 3.

(Cover title: Sketches Accompanying Report of Coast Survey for 1851).

[Publisher’s Original Binding – First Edition – 58 Maps and Panoramas]

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Author

A.D. Bache Superintendent

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Year of Publication

1852

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Publisher

Not stated [Washington: Published by Robert Armstrong]

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For full description see below - after all photographs

Description:

Not stated [Washington: Published by Robert Armstrong, 1852], First Edition.

Scarce volume enclosing 58 maps and folding plans. Lacking map 25, (Bull’s Bay) but with an additional folding Map of the Mouth of the Columbia River, the last map not mentioned in the contents.

Single maps are selling for in excess of £100 online.

Bound with titles in gilt to the front board, the spine strip missing, but the volume intact.

The Map titles as follows:

1 – Sketch A, Shewing the progress of the Survey in Section No. 1 From 1844 to 1851. [Coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island with 2 Sub Sketches showing East Portland, Maine and Davis’s South Shoal]. 23 by 36 ½ inches.

2 – Preliminary Sketch Showing the positions of Davis’s South Shoal and Other Dangers Recently Discovered by the Coast Survey and the soundings of South Shoal, Bass Rip, Old Man, Pochick Rip&c. 20 ½ by 19 inches.

3 – A Chart exhibiting the normal course & Velocity of the Tidal Current at Ebb in BOSTON HARBOR, 1847-8. 10 ½ by 10 ½ inches.

4 – The Harbor of Holmes’ Hole, 1847. 17 by 11 inches. [Shows Martha’s Vineyard].

5 – Sketch B Showing the progress of Section No. 2 1844 to 1851. 26 by 22 ¼ inches. [Shows Long Island and New Jersey].

6 – Sketch B. No. 2 Showing the Triangulation and Geographical Positions in Section No. II from New York to Point Judith, 1851. [Showing New York, Long Island etc]. 27 ½ by 16 inches.

7 – Sketch B No. 3 Showing the Triangulation and Geographical Positions in Section No. II from New York to Cape Henlopen, 1851. [Showing Delaware Bay and River, to Staten Island]. 20 inches by 24 ¼ inches.

8 – B No 4 Showing progressive changes in Sandy Hook from 1779 to 1851. [from the Light House to the Ocean House]. 13 ¼ by 16 ¾ inches.

9 – Sketch B No. 5 Proposed Sites for Range Beacons to indicate Main Ship and Swash Channels, Entrance of New York Harbor. [Showing Staten Island NY, New York Bay and Harbor, Point Comfort New Jersey]. 11 ½ by 9 ½ inches.

10 – Sketch C, Showing the Progress of the Survey in Section III From 1843 to 1851. [Showing Hampton Roads and Cape Henry in the South to Delaware Bay in the North]. 21 ¾ by 35 inches.

11 – Reconnoissance [sic] of the Entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, 1851. 13 ¼ by 12 ¾ inches.

12 – Sketch C. No. 3, Showing proposed Site for a Light at Fishing or Donoho’s Battery, Chesapeake Bay. 9 ½ by 9 inches.

13 – Sketch D Showing the progress pf Section IV, 1845 to 1851. [Showing Albermale and Pamlico Sound]. 19 by 22 inches.

14 – Preliminary Sketch of Hatteras Shoals by the Hydrographic Party, 1850. 11 ¾ by 13 ½ inches.

15 – Reconnoissance [sic] of Hatteras Inlet, Harbor of Refuge, Coast of North Carolina, 1850. 13 by 15 ½ inches.

16 – Sketch D No. 4 Showing the progress of Deep Sea Soundings in Section II, III, and IV 1849 to 1851, 1851. [Showing Sandy Hook and Liitel Egg Harbor in the North to Cape Fear in the South]. 9 by 12 ½ inches.

17 – Preliminary Sketch of Beaufort Harbor North Carolina, 1851. [Showing Beaufort in the North and Shackleford Banks in the South]. 15 ¼ by 19 ¼ inches.

18 – Sketch D No. 6 Showing the Progress of the Survey at Cape Fear River & Frying Pan Shoals, 1851. 10 ¾ by 9 inches.

19 – D No. 7, Sketch of Frying Pan Shoals and Cape Fear River, 1851. 13 by 17 inches.

20 – Sketch E Showing the progress of the Survey in Section No, V, 1847-51. [Showing work in Charleston Harbor, area around Christ Church Parish, and Savannah] 11 ½ by 13 ½ inches.

21 – Sketch E No. 2 Shewing the progress of the Survey in the vicinity of Savannah, Georgia, 1850-1851. 9 by 8 inches.

22 – Sketch E No. 3 Shewing the progress of the Survey at North and South Edisto River and St Helena Sound, South Carolina, 1851. 14 ¼ by 9 ½ inches.

23 – Sketch E No. 4, Savannah River, Reconnaissance of the Approaches to the City of Savannah including Front and Back Rivers, 1851. 19 by 12 ½ inches.

24 – Sketch E No. 5, Entrance of Savannah River, Georgia, 1851. 21 by 15 ¼ inches.

25 – Absent

26 – E No. 7, Preliminary Sketch of North Edisto River, 1851. [Showing St John Colleton South Carolina]. 15 ¼ by 19 ½ inches.

27 – Sketch F, Shewing the progress of the Survey in Section VI, with a General Reconnoissance of the Western Coast of Florida, 1848-51. 19 ½ by 24 ¼ inches.

28 – Sketch F No. 2, Showing the progress of Cedar Keys, Bahia Honda, Key Biscayne, Key West & Dry Tortugas in Section no. VI, 1849-51. 16 ½ by 10 ¼ inches.

29 – Sketch F No. 3, Reconnoissance  [sic] of Mosquito Inlet, Coast of Florida, 1851. 8 by 9 inches.

30 – Sketch F No. 4, Reconnoissance  [sic] of Vicinity of Cedar Keys, Coast of Florida, 1851. 9 by 10 inches.

31 – (Sketch F No. 5) Preliminary Chart of Key-West Harbor and Approaches, 1851. 18 ½ by 17 inches.

32 – Sketch F No. 6, Showing the proposal Site of a Beacon on Rebecca Shoal, Florida Reef, 1851. 8 ½ by 9 inches.

33 – Sketch G. Showing the progress in Section No. 7 U.S. Coast Survey in the Year 1849, Reconnoissance [sic] of Pensacola and Perdido Bays and Plan of Triangulation, 1851. 9 by 8 ½ inches.

34 – Sketch H. Showing the progress in Section No. 8, 1846-1851. [Showing the Mississippi Sound]. 23 by 15 ¾ inches.

35 – (H No. 2 – 6) Folding Plate showing Charts of the Tides for Cat Island Louisiana, 1848. 23 ½ by 12 ½ inches.

36 – Sketch II. No. 7, Grand Bay Including the Entrance of Horn Island Pass, 1851. 8 by 9 inches.

37 – H No. 8, Reconnoissance [sic] of the N.E. and S.E. Passes & Passe A L’Outre of the Delta of the Mississippi, Louisiana showing the changes since 1839. Published in 1851. 13 ½ by 15 ¼ inches.

38 – Sketch H No. 9, Harbor of Pass Christian, Mississippi Sound, 1851. 12 by 10 ¾ inches.

39 – H No. 10, Preliminary Sketch of Mobile Bay, 1851. 14 ½ by 19 inches.

40 – Sketch I Showing the Progress of the Survey in Section no. 9, 1848 to 51. 13 ½ by 9 ½ inches.

41 – (I of 2) Preliminary Sketch of Galveston Bay Indicating proposed Sites for Light Houses, 1851. 18 ½ by 24 inches.

42 – Sketch I No. 3, Aransas Pass, Coast of Texas, 1851. 8 ¾ by 9 ½ inches.

43 – Sketch J, Showing the Progress of the Survey of the Western Coast, 1849-51. 8 ¾ by 12 ½ inches.

44 – Sketch J No. 2, Mare Island Straits, California, 1851. 13 ¼ by 8 ¼ inches.

45 – Sketch J No. 3 Point Conception, Coast of California, 1850. 8 by 9 ¾ inches.

46 – Sketch J No. 4, Indicating proposed Sites for a Light House on Point Pinos, Bay of Montrey, 1851. 10 by 9 inches.

47 – J No. 5, Reconnaissance of Trinidad Bay, California, 1851. 11 ½ by 10 inches.

48 – Sketch J No. 6, San Francisco Bay, California, 1851. [Showing Fort Point and Alcatraz Island]. 14 by 9 inches.

49 – J. No. 7, San Diego Entrance, and Approaches, California, 1851. 15 ½ by 14 ½ inches.

50 – Sketch J. No. 8, Preliminary Survey of Humboldt Bay, California, 1851. 15 ½ by 19 ½ inches.

51 – Sketch J no. 9, Showing the Progress of the Survey in the Bay of San Francisco, California, 1851. 10 by 9 inches.

52 – Sketch J no. 10, Showing the Progress of the Survey in the Bay of San Diego, California, 1851. 8 by 8 ½ inches.

53 – Sketch J No. 12, Reconnoissance [sic] of the Western Coast of the United States, from Monterey to the Columbia River, in three sheets, Sheet No. 1, 1851. 18 by 24 inches.

54 – Sketch J No. 13, Reconnoissance [sic] of the Western Coast of the United States, from Monterey to the Columbia River, in three sheets, Sheet No. 2, 1851. 18 by 24 inches.

55 – Sketch J No. 14, Reconnoissance [sic] of the Western Coast of the United States, from Monterey to the Columbia River, in three sheets, Sheet No. 3, 1851. 18 ½ by 24 inches.

56 – Sketch K, Preliminary Survey of the Mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon Territory

57 – (on the same plate as 56) -  Sketch K No. 2 Cape Hancock (or Disappointment), Oregon, 1851. 8 ½ by 11 inches.

58 – Plan of the Laboratory Showing the arrangement of the Electrotype Apparatus, 7 Figures, 1851. 13 ¼ by 9 inches.

NOT IN THE LIST OF MAPS

59 – Mouth of the Columbia River, From a Preliminary Survey, 1851. 28 ¾ by 19 ½ inches.

Approximately 11 ¾ inches tall to the boards.

Map dimensions are all approximate.

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – poor condition – lacking the original spine, revealing the white binding beneath, structurally sound.
• Joints – poor condition – sound, rubbed.
• Corners – good condition – bumped and worn, with loss.
• Boards – good condition – front board with gilt titles both boards with blind stamped decoration.
• Page edges – good condition – slightly darkened.
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – good condition – sound but loose.
• Paste downs – good condition – bookplate for the University of London, notes in pencil.
• End papers – good condition – tanned and foxed.
• Title – good condition – tanned and foxed.
• Pages – good condition – tanned with some foxing, some closed tears to the folds and joins with the volume.
• Binding – good condition – worn and rubbed.
• See photos.

Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1851
Binding: Hardback

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