Blunt: Antique Nautical Chart of Doboy Sound, 1850
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Antique nautical chart of the entrance to Doboy Sound, Georgia from the Blunts, renowned American publisher's of nautical charts and sailing directions. Noted features include Sapello Island, Marsh Island, Cabarita Island, and Pelican Shoals with nearby north and south breakers at the far right. Numerous depth soundings and descriptions of the sea floor composition.
On the south end of Sapelo Island, structures are identified as those of Thomas Spalding, Esq. Spalding, of St. Simons Island, purchased the land from his father-in-law, Richard Leake, in 1802.
Blunt placed a "Ruin at Wolf Island" across from a "Ruin of Little Wolf Island". The history of these ruins are unknown but perhaps they are among the 1000 archaeological sites of native Americans that dot the area.
The American Coast Pilot with other harbor charts, was published by Edmund and George W. Blunt from New York. The Blunts were the most prolific private publisher of navigational charts in the United States in the mid 19th century.
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No holes, tears or other issues. Slight foxing uniformly distributed.
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Blunt: Antique Nautical Chart of Doboy Sound, 1850
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