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Preliminary chart of part of the sea coast of Virginia and entrance to Chesapeake Bay : from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States
Title
Preliminary chart of part of the sea coast of Virginia and entrance to Chesapeake Bay : from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States / triangulation by John Farley, assistant ; topography by G.D. Wise, assist., & J. Seib, sub. assistant ; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. J.J. Almy, U.S.N. Assist. ; verified H.W. Benham, Capt. of Engrs., asst. C.S. in chart of office ; redd. drng. by L.D. Williams, A. Shoepf, & A. Balbach ; engd. by E. Yeager ... [et al.].
Published
[Washington, D.C.] : United States Coast Survey, 1855.
Physical Description
1 map ; 71 x 52 cm.
Cartographic Detail
Scale 1:200,000 (W 76°20ʹ30ʺ--75°10ʹ30ʺ/N 37°50ʹ00ʺ--35°30ʹ45ʺ).
Notes
Depths shown by soundings.
Includes information on tides, currents, sailing directions, list of abbreviations and inset map "Entrance to Chesapeake Bay."
In upper right margin: Electrotype copy no. 2 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S.
Removed from: United States Coast Survey, Annual report of the superintendent of the Coast Survey (1855).
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 01, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) - 1855.
Also listed under
United States Coast Survey. Annual report of the superintendent of the Coast Survey. 1855.
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