Texas State Archives Map Collection
Sketch Showing the Progress of the Survey on the Atlantic Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Coast of the United States
Date: | 1859 |
Publisher: | U.S. Coast Survey, 1859, A.D. Bache, Superintendent. |
Cartographer: | -- None Listed -- |
Scale: | 1 inch = 80 statute miles |
Size: | 60 cm x 58 cm |
Type of Map: | nautical chart |
Format: | photostat, white on black |
Language: | English |
AC Number: | 01429 |
Photo Media: | -- None Listed -- |
Sketch Showing the Progress of the Survey on the Atlantic Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Coast of the United States Image:
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Description:
Shows rivers, states, ports, and cities along the coast. Other items shown include areas of completed and incomplete triangulation, offshore and deep sea soundings, the path of the Gulf Stream and other hydrographic features. Inset: Sub Sketch Showing the Progress on the Pacific Coast of the United States. Table: Statistics of Field and Office work to 1872 inclusive. This gives data regarding office work, land and hydrographic work. Photostat in two sheets.
Copied from the holdings of the Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
1/10/83
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