Depths shown by soundings and shading, relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Includes notes and tables for lights, buoys, weather signal stations, abbreviations of surface types, and tides. List of "Authorities" below title lists the dates of surveys and observations for the map, which range from 1851 to 1887. Also shows roads, houses, life saving stations, and railroads including the Wilmington & Sea Coast Rail Road, the Wilmington, Onslow, & East Carolina Rail Road, the New Hanover Transit Rail Road, and the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley.
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