1864 Johnson's Map of Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland with Fort Monroe Inset

Antique map titled 'Johnson's Viriginia (..). Original map of Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia. This map originates from 'Johnson's New I...

Title: 1864 Johnson's Map of the West Indies and Bermuda Description: This is an 1864 map titled "Johnson's West Indies," published by Johnson and Ward. The map provides a detailed ...

Antique map titled 'Johnson's New Jersey (..). Two maps on one sheet showing New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. With inset map of the district of Columbia...

Title: 1862 Johnson's Map of the Vicinity of Richmond & Peninsular Campaign, Virginia Description: This 1862 map titled "Johnson's Map of the Vicinity of Richmond and Peninsular Cam...

Fabulous map of Maryland, Delaware And District of Columbia Original color Engraved and printed by the George F. Cram Company, Indianapolis. Pu...

Antique map of Maryland And Delaware Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

PRESENTING AN HISTORIC AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT American Civil War Collection consisting of: (1) ORIGINAL and FULLY AUTHENTIC Confederate Field Map of Richmond, VA 1864 belonging to Capt W.A. Obenchain C.S. Engineers, (2) ORIGINAL and FULLY AUTHENTIC Surrender/Parole Paper for Capt. W.A. Obenchain dated 1st May 1865 at Greensboro, NC (3) ORIGINAL and FULLY AUTHENTIC Pamphlet for Hillsborough Military Academy, NC with Major W.M. A. Obenchain listed as 'Military Staff'. These ALL belonged to Captain (later promoted to rank of Major) William Alexander Obenchain and the battlefield map was his 'personal' field map for the Battle of the Richmond Peninsula in 1864, at the end of the US Civil War...

Presented is U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay from 1856. The map depicts the region from Susquehanna, Maryland to the northern Outer Banks in North Carolina. It also shows from Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia to the Atlantic Ocean. The map is highly detailed with many cities and towns labeled throughout. Rivers, inlets, and bays are also labeled. Various charts illustrating more specific parts of the region are marked on the map using dotted lines. The lines form boxes, and the corresponding chart number and publication date are given. Extensive triangulation surveys were conducted the length of Chesapeake Bay and are illustrated here. Hampton Roads, Virginia is labeled, along with the James, York, and Rappahannock Rivers, which were all extensively surveyed. The chart was published under the supervision of A. D. Bache, one of the most influential and prolific figures in the early history of the U.S. Coast Survey, for the 1856 Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor. Bache served as the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey from 1843 to 1865. Born in Philadelphia, Bache toured Europe and composed an important treatise on European Education. He also served as president of Philadelphia's Central High School and was a professor of natural history and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Upon the death of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, Bache was appointed Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. The Office of the Coast Survey, founded in 1807 by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of Commerce Albert Gallatin...