File:1862 U.S. Coast Survey Map of the Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers, Maine (Nautical Chart) - Geographicus - KennebecSheepscot-uscs-1862.jpg
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Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers Maine. | |||||||
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Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers Maine. |
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Description |
English: This is a highly desirable and uncommon 1862 U.S. Coast Survey chart or map of the Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers, Maine. Covers from the southerly most point of Cape Small Point northwars as far as Wiscasset, extends west to just beyond Bath, and east to Linekin's Bay. Offers stunning inland detail identifying roads, farms, landings, and many individual buildings.Nautically this map offers a wealth of practical information for the Mariner, including countless depth soundings and notes on light hoses, tides, shoals, and other undersea dangers. The Triangulation for this chart was completed by A. D. Bache, A. W. Evens, and C. O. Boutelle. The topography is the work of S. A. Gilbert, I. H. Adams, R. M. Bache, W.S. Gilbert, C. T. Jardella, W. H. Dennis, and C. Ferguson.. The hydrography was completed by a party under the command of S. D. Trenchard, J. Wilkinson, J. H. Moore, T.S. Phelps, and E. H. Gerdes. This chart was compiled under the supervision of A. D. Bache, one of the most influential Superintendents in the history of the Coast Survey. Published in the 1867 supplement to the 1866 edition of the Superintendent's Report . |
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Date | 1862 (dated) | ||||||
Dimensions |
height: 39 in (99 cm); width: 24 in (60.9 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,39U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,24U218593 |
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Accession number |
Geographicus link: KennebecSheepscot-uscs-1862 |
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Source/Photographer |
Report of the Superintendant of the United States Coast Survey, Washington, (1867 Supplement to the 1865 edition).
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current | 17:16, 23 March 2011 | 3,709 × 6,000 (4.82 MB) | BotMultichillT (talk | contribs) | {{subst:User:Multichill/Geographicus |link=http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/KennebecSheepscot-uscs-1862 |product_name=1862 U.S. Coast Survey Map of the Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers, Maine (Nautical Chart) |map_title=Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers |
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