U.S. Coast Survey Map of Core Sound and Straits, North Carolina – Historic Map Reproduction
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A window into the past: U.S. Coast Survey Map of Core Sound and Straits, North Carolina, preserved in this antique map. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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U.S. Coast Survey Map of Core Sound and Straits, North Carolina
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Core Sound, the long, shallow lagoon that lies behind the Core Banks of eastern North Carolina, is the subject of this Coast Survey chart, which records its channels and straits in close detail. The U.S. Coast Survey, founded in 1807 to chart American waters, made surveys like this so that mariners could work safely through the sounds and inlets between the mainland and the barrier islands. Shifting shoals and narrow passages made this stretch of coast hazardous to vessels, and accurate soundings were essential to coastal trade and fishing. Maps such as this one help historians see how the shoreline was understood before later dredging and development changed it.
| Original scan | 3,632 × 2,260 px · prints to 12 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1864 Map Core Sound North Carolina |
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