Pensacola Bay 1857

Vintage map print — Pensacola Bay, 1857. Digital download; you print it.

WHAT YOU GET - five JPEGs at 300 DPI

• 8x10 in (3.4 MB)
• 11x14 in (6.5 MB)
• 16x20 in (12.8 MB)
• 18x24 in (16 MB)
• 24x36 in (15.9 MB)

8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 18x24 are true 300 DPI from the original scan. 24x36 is enlarged to reach that size, which holds up framed but is not native resolution. I would rather tell you that than let you find out.

WHAT I ACTUALLY DID TO IT

The library scan arrived with the scanner surround still on it and 170 years of grey in the paper. I trimmed the surround, stretched the tone back to warm paper, and took one pixel of scanner speckle off - not enough to soften a single depth sounding, because the soundings are the part worth looking at. The foxing and the tea-stain are still there. They are the age, and bleaching them out would sell you a different thing.

HONEST ABOUT THE SOURCE

The original scan is a public domain record from the Library of Congress (g3932). You could download it yourself for nothing. What you are paying for is the restoration and the five sized, print-ready files - not access to the map.

HOW TO PRINT IT

Any print shop, any online printer, or at home. Ask for matte or a cotton rag if they offer it. The files are RGB at 300 DPI with the density tagged, so a shop will size them correctly without asking.

NOT INCLUDED

No physical item is shipped. No frame. This is a digital download.