Research Catalog

Title

Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. 9 from 1848 to 54. [cartographic material]

Author

United States Coast Survey, creator.

Publication

• [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, 1854
• [New York, N.Y.] : Bien & Sterner, [1854]

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Details

Additional Authors

Bien & Sterner, lithographer.

Description

1 map; 19 x 55 cm, sheet 24 x 59 cm

Alternative Title

• Inset: Sub-sketch showing the progress of the Survey of the Rio Grande and vicinity 1853 & 1854
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US231.1.05

Subjects

• Nautical charts
• Coasts
• Nautical charts > Texas > 19th century
• 1800-1899
• North America > Rio Grande Delta
• Gulf Coast (Tex.) > Maps
• Texas > Gulf Coast
• Rio Grande Delta (Mexico and Tex.) > Maps
• Maps
• Coasts > Texas > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Shows towns used for triangulation and areas of completed mapping by sheet number.
• Includes text, "Notes."
• In upper left margin: No. 39.
• At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache Superintendent.
• Inset: Sub-sketch showing the progress of the Survey of the Rio Grande and vicinity 1853 & 1854.
• "Lith. Bien & Sterner, N.Y."

Call Number

Map Div. 17-5348

OCLC

54991128

Author

United States Coast Survey, creator.

Title

Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. 9 from 1848 to 54. [cartographic material]

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, 1854

Manufacturer

[New York, N.Y.] : Bien & Sterner, [1854]

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:600,000 (W 96°28ʹ00ʺ--W 93°41ʹ00ʺ/N 30°01ʹ00ʺ--N 28°24ʹ00ʺ).

Scale 1:400,000 (W 97°21ʹ37ʺ--W 97°03ʹ52ʺ/N 26°09ʹ01ʺ--N 25°47ʹ50ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Source

US231.1.05

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Chronological Term

1800-1899

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Bien & Sterner, lithographer.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-5348