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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. ; drawn by W.B. McMurtrie ; reduction for engraving by W.M.C. Fairfax ; outlines & topography engraved by G. McCoy ; views by G. McCoy & S.V. Hunt ; lettering by W. Smith.
Author
United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, [1874]

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 16-592Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Alden, James, 1810-1877.
  • Davidson, George, 1825-1911.
  • McMurtrie, W. B. (William Birch)
  • McCoy, G.
  • Smith, W.
  • Hunt, Samuel Valentine, 1803-1893
  • Fairfax, Wilson M. C.
  • Mathiot, G.
Description
1 map; 53 x 56 cm, on sheet 69 x 66 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US029.3
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Nautical charts.
  • Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
  • At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, superintendent.
  • Includes tide information, general sailing directions, table of latitudes and longitudes, key to abbreviations, and other notes.
  • Views: Entrance to San Francisco Bay -- Pt. Piedras -- Pt. Año Nuevo -- Pt. Pinos -- Pt. Sur -- Piedras Blancas -- Moro Rock, Estero Bay -- Pt. Sal -- Pt. Arguello -- Pt. Conception (2 views) -- Pt. Duma -- Santa Barbara -- San Pedro -- Boundary between United States and Mexico -- Catalina Harbor -- Pt Loma.
  • "Electrotype Copy No. 9 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 16-592
OCLC
68964458
Author
United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
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. ; drawn by W.B. McMurtrie ; reduction for engraving by W.M.C. Fairfax ; outlines & topography engraved by G. McCoy ; views by G. McCoy & S.V. Hunt ; lettering by W. Smith.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, [1874]
Edition
Corrected to 1874.
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:1,200,000 (W 124°00ʹ--W 117°00ʹ/N 38°10ʹ--N 32°20ʹ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 318, column c, no. 7
Local Note
NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 54107.
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Alden, James, 1810-1877.
Davidson, George, 1825-1911.
McMurtrie, W. B. (William Birch), draftsman.
McCoy, G., engraver.
Smith, W., engraver.
Hunt, Samuel Valentine, 1803-1893, engraver.
Fairfax, Wilson M. C.
Mathiot, G.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 16-592 [Filed with U.S. western, 1864-1874, as part of 3-sheet set]
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