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Sailing Directions for Crossing the Bar and Entering the Harbor of Fernandina, ca. 1862

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Sailing Directions for Crossing the Bar and Entering the Harbor of Fernandina, ca. 1862

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A pilot guide detailing navigation to the harbor at Fernandina. Uses buoys and points of interest such as Amelia Island Lighthouse, Dungeness House and Fort Clinch as markers. Created by Charles. O. Boutelle, Commanding U.S. Surveying Steamer Bibb., Assistant U.S. Coast Survey. Examined and approved by Samuel F. Dupont, Flag Officer, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.

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1862 (circa)

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Boutelle, Charles Otis, 1813-1890
DuPont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865
United States. Navy. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1861-1865)
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

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United States. Navy. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron|U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

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Broadsides (notices)

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Sailing Directions for Crossing the Bar and Entering the Harbor of Fernandina, ca. 1862

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Pilot guides--Florida--Fernandina

Harbors--Florida--Fernandina

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Boutelle, Charles Otis, 1813-1890

DuPont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865

United States. Navy. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1861-1865)

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

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State Library of Florida, Federal Documents Collection

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United States. Navy. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron|U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Date

1862 (circa)

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broadsides (notices)

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eng-US

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flc_br0326_01

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Civil War Florida (1861-1865)

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Fernandina (Fla.)

Amelia Island Lighthouse (Fla.)

Amelia Island (Fla.)

Pelican Bank (Fla.)

Nassau County (Fla.)

Cumberland Island (Ga.)

Dungeness (Ga.)

Camden County (Ga.)

Fort Clinch (Amelia Island, Fla.)

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United States. Navy. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1861-1865)

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

U.S.S. Bibb(Steamer)

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Boutelle, Charles Otis, 1813-1890. Sailing Directions for Crossing the Bar and Entering the Harbor of Fernandina, ca. 1862. 1862 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346786>, accessed 13 July 2025.

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Boutelle, Charles Otis, 1813-1890. Sailing Directions for Crossing the Bar and Entering the Harbor of Fernandina, ca. 1862. 1862 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346786>

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