This map was prepared by the U.S. Coast Survey under the direction of Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) as superintendent from surveys conducted between 1849 and 1857 by J. Hewston, Charles Pattison Bolles, A. S. Wadsworth, Henry L. Whiting, Isaac Hull Adams, Thornton A. Jenkins, John Newland Maffitt, Richard Wainwright, John J. Almy, C. R. P. Rodgers, and W. T. Muse. It portrays the coastline of North Carolina from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet and from Cape Lookout to Bogue Inlet. Soundings are given and the depth of the water is also indicated by shading. Information relating to lighthouses and beacons, tides, and the abbreviations used to describe the bottoms of the waterways portrayed is found in the upper right corner of the map.
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