MISSISSIPPI RIVER: From The Passes To Grand Prairie, Louisiana, Coast Chart No. 94, 1874 (Map of The Mississippi River's Delta, US Coast Survey)

Double Elephant - over 25 - 50" tall. 1st edition, thus. Oblong 34.5" x 42". Hand colored. Very Good. Original folds visible. Very Light toning along folds, with a few small pinpoint breaks. Margin intact, with small tears where the map was inserted into the atlas. Beautifully hand colored, a Very Good example. ***This important and desirable map comes from the Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey for 1874. This nautical chart details the course of the Mississippi River from Quarantine bay southward to where it divides into numerous passes and bays. Names Grand Bay, Bird Island Sound, West Bay, East Bay, Garden Island Bay, Blind Bay, Bull Bay and Bay Rondo. Also offers some inland detail noting Fort Jackson, Fort St. Philip, various farms, several canals, numerous bayous, and important lighthouses. It contains recordings of river depth, tide tale, ocean depths, sailing direction, road names, etc.***.