"Coast Chart No. 13 Cuttyhunk to Block Island Including Narragansett Bay", U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Subject: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island & Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Period: 1880 (dated)
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Color: Hand Color
Size:
27.1 x 37.6 inches
68.8 x 95.5 cm
This intricate chart extends from Block Island east to Buzzards Bay, with Narragansett Bay prominently shown at center. Depth soundings, buoys, lighthouses, reefs, rocks, bottom types, and more appear in the water. There is excellent topographical detail inland, and Providence, Newport, and Bristol are depicted in miniature plan form. At top are several tables and notes with information on the tides, lighthouses, bottom types, and more.
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Condition: B+
There is minor soiling, several faint extraneous creases, and a few edge tears just entering the neatline that have been closed on verso with archival tape.
