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A Map of Mobile Bay in the State of Alabama comprising the Rivers & Creeks.
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A Map of Mobile Bay in the State of Alabama comprising the Rivers & Creeks.
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English: This is an unusual 1896 map or nautical chart of Mobile Bay, Alabama by Curtis Lewis. Originally drawn in 1820, this example is a reissue printed in 1896 for William Trent Rossell’s congressional Report . This chart, which predates the work of the U.S. Coast Survey in this region, offers detailed sailing instructions, depth soundings, and other nautical data for all of Mobile Bay and parts of the Gulf of Mexico. Includes the City of Mobile as well as the town of Blakely.
Date 1886 (dated)
Dimensions height: 20.5 in (52 cm); width: 16.5 in (41.9 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,20.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,16.5U218593
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Geographicus link: MobileBay-lewis-1880s
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Rossell, William, Report for the Fiscal Year ending June 30th, 1896, 1896.

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Object location30° 30′ 00″ N, 88° 00′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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