File:1851 U.S. Coast Survey Chart or Map of the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay - Geographicus - ChesapeakeBay-uscs-1851.jpg
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Sketch C Showing the Progress of the Survey in Section III From 1843 to 1851. | |||||||
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Sketch C Showing the Progress of the Survey in Section III From 1843 to 1851. |
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Description |
English: An exceptional example of the 1851 U.S. Coast Survey's progress chart for the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay Region. Covers from the mouth of the Susquehanna to Cape Henry, west as far as Washington D.C. and east as far as Cape May. Shows triangulation points throughout the Bay as well as all major Island Rivers and inlets. Lighthouses, ports, cities, beaches, and industrial sites noted. Prepared under the supervision of A.D. Bache, one of the most influential figures in the history of the Coast Survey, for the 1852 Superintendent's Report . |
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Date | 1851 (dated) | ||||||
Dimensions |
height: 33.5 in (85 cm); width: 20.5 in (52 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,33.5U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,20.5U218593 |
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Geographicus link: ChesapeakeBay-uscs-1851 |
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Source/Photographer |
Report of the Superintendant of the United States Coast Survey, Washington, (1852 edition).
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current | 07:36, 24 March 2011 | 3,000 × 4,915 (2.48 MB) | BotMultichillT (talk | contribs) | {{subst:User:Multichill/Geographicus |link=http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ChesapeakeBay-uscs-1851 |product_name=1851 U.S. Coast Survey Chart or Map of the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay |map_title=Sketch C Showing the Progress of the Survey in |
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