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Additional authors

1. Bien & Sterner, lithographer.

Description

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

Alternative title

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

Subject

1. Nautical charts
2. Coasts
3. Nautical charts > Texas > 19th century
4. 1800-1899
5. North America > Rio Grande Delta
6. Gulf Coast (Tex.) > Maps
7. Texas > Gulf Coast
8. Rio Grande Delta (Mexico and Tex.) > Maps
9. Maps
10. Coasts > Texas > Maps

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 17-5348

Note

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

Author

1. United States Coast Survey, creator.

Title

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

Publisher

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

Manufacturer

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

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:600,000 (W 96°28ʹ00ʺ--W 93°41ʹ00ʺ/N 30°01ʹ00ʺ--N 28°24ʹ00ʺ).
2. Scale 1:400,000 (W 97°21ʹ37ʺ--W 97°03ʹ52ʺ/N 26°09ʹ01ʺ--N 25°47ʹ50ʺ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Source

1. US231.1.05

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Chronological term

1. 1800-1899

Place of publication

1. United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added author

1. Bien & Sterner, lithographer.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 17-5348