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Reconnaissance of the western coast of the United States : lower sheet : San Francisco to San Diego
Title
Reconnaissance of the western coast of the United States : lower sheet : San Francisco to San Diego / by the hydrographic party under the command of Lieut. James Alden U.S.N., assist ; geographical positions by G. Davidson, assist ; U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, superintendent ; drawn by W.B. McMurtrie ; reduction for engraving by W.M.C. Fairfax ; outlines & topography engraved by G. McCoy & S.V. Hunt ; lettering by W. Smith.
Published
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, 1853.
Physical Description
1 map ; 56 x 58 cm.
Cartographic Detail
Scale 1:1,200,000 (W 124°00ʹ--W 117°00ʹ/N 38°10ʹ--N 32°20ʹ).
Notes
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Includes tidal information, text, list of abbreviations and 17 views: Entrance of San Francisco Bay - View, Pt. Piedras - View of Pt. Ano Nuevo - View of Pt. Pinos - View of Pt. Sur - View of Piedras Blancas - View of Moro Rock, Esteros Bay - View of Pt. Sal - View, Pt. Arguello - View, Pt. Conception (2 views) - View, Pt. Duma - View of the town of Mission of Santa Barbara - View of San Pedro - View of initial point of Boundary between United States and Mexico - View of Catalina Harbor - View, Pt. Loma.
"Electrotype Copy No. 11 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S."
Oriented with north to the upper right.
Removed from: United States Coast Survey, Annual report of the superintendent of the Coast Survey (1853).
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 23, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Nautical charts - California - 1853.
Also listed under
United States Coast Survey. Annual report of the superintendent of the Coast Survey. 1853.
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