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| Keywords: 1853 U.S.C.S. Map of Horn Island Pass ( Mississippi ^ Louisiana ) - Geographicus - HornIslandPass-uscs-1853.jpg A rare hand colored 1853 costal chart of the Horn Island Pass Horn Island pass is the entrance to the Mississippi Sound and thence the Pascagoula River from the Gulf of Mexico Depicts Horn Island and the western part of Petit Bois Island Chart features numerous depth soundings and detailed sailing instructions The Triangulation was accomplished by F H Gerdes and the Topography by W E Greenwell Both men produced this chart under the command of B F Sands Published under the supervision of A D Bache for the 1853 Report of the Superintendant of the U S Coast Survey 1853 Size in 16 13 object history credit line accession number HornIslandPass-uscs-1853 Geographicus-source PD-art Old maps of Louisiana Old maps of Mississippi 1853 maps United States Coast Survey maps | ||||
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