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United States Coast Survey
Map of New-York Bay And Harb …
1844
Chart Map
Authors United States Coast Survey
Full Title Map of New-York Bay And Harbor And The Environs. Founded upon a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of F.R. Hassler Superintendent of the Survey Of The Coast Of The United States. Triangulation by James Ferguson and Edmund Blunt Assistants. The Hydrology ... Thomas R. Gedney ... Topography by C. Renard and T.A. Jenkins ... Published in 1844. Presented to The University of Vermont ... A.D. Bache Superintendent, Coast Survey.
List No 2491.000
Note 6 sheets, first engraved chart issued by the U.S. Coast Survey. Without color. Hassler's "Magnum Opus" was not completed until a year after his death. This huge chart is the first major production of the survey, begun by Hassler in response to critic's charges that he was not producing usable charts for navigators, and finished by Bache. A smaller single sheet version was issued in 1845.
Bache, A. D.
Santa Barbara, Calif.
1853
Chart Atlas
Authors Bache, A. D.
Full Title Preliminary sketch of Santa Barbara, California. U.S. Coast Survey. A.D. Bache, Superintendent. Topography by A.M. Harrison sub-assistant. Hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. James Alden, U.S.N., assistant. 1853. (with) View of the town and mission of Santa Barbara. Reduction for engraving by J. Lambert, draughtsman. Topography engraved by M.F.O. Strobel, view of J. Jung, lettering by W. Smith. Electrotype copy no. 1 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S. (with logo) U.S. Coast Survey Office. No. 45.
List No 2470.049
Note Engraved nautical chart. Relief shown by hachures, depths by soundings. Includes descriptive notes. Shows buildings, fields, trails, etc. In upper margin "Presented under authority of an act of Congress of the United States of June 3d 1844 by direction of the Treasury Department, A.D. Bache Superintendent Coast Survey."
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