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Description:  It is an original antique Pre-Civil War era US Coast Survey Map in its original uncolored state with multiple folds as issued. It was published by the US Coastal Survey Office for House of Representative as Ex. Doc. No. 26, 32d Congress, 2d Session Sketches Acompanying Report of Coast Survey, 1851. A copy of the Index page with the date and publishing details is included for authenticity. It has a date of 1851 printed on the map. It is being sold as a single sheet not matted nor framed, as seen in the main pic. A large mapfocused on New Jersey and New York City area including Staten Island, Delaware River, Philadelphia and other places. Interesingly Sandy Hook is shown as an island at this time. Nice accurate detail of the coast line for the period. 

Size: The image area measures 19 by 23 inches on a 20 by 24" page as seen in the main pic. 

Condition: It is in Very Good condition for its age, espeically for a folding map. It is blank on the reverse with multiple folds as issued, basically as seen in the pics. There is one short tear of about an inch along the edge of a fold and the bottom margin was clipped as issued for folding into the publication. Otherwise it is very clean on still very pliable paper. There is some light browning along the folds that is accentuated in the pics, which is not very noticeable on the actual map, see the detail pic. The pics are of the actual map.

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