Texas State Archives Map Collection
Preliminary Chart of the Entrance to Matagorda Bay, Texas
| Date: | 1857 |
| Publisher: | [U.S. Coast Survey]. Triangulation by S.A. Gilbert. Topography by S.A. Gilbert and M. Seaton, 1857. Lithographed by A. Hoen and Company, Baltimore. |
| Cartographer: |
Schulz, William P. |
| Scale: | 1 1/4 in. = 1 nau. mile |
| Size: | 49 cm x 82 cm |
| Type of Map: | nautical chart |
| Format: | black & white, engraved, lithographed, printed |
| Language: | English |
| AC Number: | 01624 |
| Photo Media: | 4x5 b&w copy neg.; 4x5 b&w trans., photo no. 1998/1-7-1 |
| File Size: | 26.03 MB |
Preliminary Chart of the Entrance to Matagorda Bay, Texas Image:
Description:
Shows bays, rivers, bayous, islands, shipwrecks, reefs, lighthouses, and light beacons, and buoys. Soundings are given in feet at mean low water. Insets: 1) Subsketch - Part of Matagorda and Lavaca Bays, 2) Subsketch - Part of Lavaca Bay.
Long. 96 deg. 24' - 96 deg. 29'
Accompany manuscript material, Notes on the Coast of the United States, Section IX: Coast of Texas, by Captain C.P. Patterson, Hydrographic Inspector, and A.D. Bache, Superintendent, U.S. Coast Survey, 1861, may be found in the A.D. Bache Collection of the Texas State Archives.
3/12/84
Revised 11/14/97
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