[Map of the Gulf Coast from Barataria Bay east to Mobile Bay, Alabama]

Subject

Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River delta east to Mobile Bay published in the "The New York Herald," December 17, 1861. Civil War, forts, lighthouses, newspaper proof maps.

Date

1861 Dec 17

Mapmaker

Waters & Son, engravers

Publisher

New York Herald, The

Place of Publication

New York

Accession Number

1988.001.016

Condition

Poor-fair. Foxing, browning.

Curatorial Notes

File includes copy from microfilm of the map as it was published in the Herald, and copies of other maps of the area published in the Herald.

Market Value

1988: purchased from Murray Hudson Antiquarian Books and Maps, $500.00

Media Type

newspaper proof

Size

12 3/4 x 13 1/2

Storage

c05d01