Covers the rivers, creeks, and sounds surrounding Beaufort, North Carolina, including the Newport and North rivers, the Bogue and Back sounds, and the Beaufort Inlet. Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by soundings and bathymetric shading. Shows depths, sound floor surface types, lights, buoys, and some land features such as factories, islands, roads, and towns. Also shows a section of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad. List of "Authorities" below the title gives dates for surveys and observations for the map, which range from 1850 to 1887.
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