A fantastic link for old nautical charts

[Jolly Mon]

I don't know if this has been posted before or not, but it is an amazing resource.
I have known about NOAA's online Office of Coast Survey site for current charts for several years now.
I just discovered this one. It has probably been around for years and I am just late for the game.
Here it is: Office of Coast Survey Historical Map & Chart Image Catalog

 

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[Bum Luck]

Yup, been using that for years.

As someone in the mapping profession, I can tell you that the charts are accurate, and it's grea they're online. That's something that hadn't happened before the Office of Coast Survey's predecessors: the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and the U.S. Lake Survey. It is hard to imagine the effort and skill that went into them. Prior charts were little more than pictures.

Enjoy the fruits of those public employees of yesteryear.