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Additional authors

1. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
2. McArthur, W. P. (William P.)
3. Bartlett, Washington A.
4. McMurtrie, W. B. (William Birch)
5. Rollé, A.
6. Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804-
7. Lawson, Oscar A., 1813-1854
8. McCoy, G.
9. Smith, W.

Description

1. 3 maps; 47 x 43 cm and 48 x 43 cm

Alternative title

1. Reconnaissance of the western coast of the United States, from Monterey to the Columbia River in three sheets
2. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US028A.2

Subject

1. Nautical charts
2. Coasts
3. California
4. Maps
5. Nautical charts > Oregon > Pacific Coast
6. Nautical charts > California > Pacific Coast
7. California > Pacific Coast
8. Pacific Coast (Calif.) > Maps
9. Coasts > Oregon > Maps
10. Coasts > California > Maps
11. Oregon > Pacific Coast
12. Pacific Coast (Or.) > Maps

Genre/Form

1. Nautical charts.
2. Maps.

Contents

1. Sheet no. 1 [south sheet, from Monterey to Cape Mendocino] -- Sheet no. 2 [middle sheet, from Cape Mendocino to Umquah River] -- Sheet no. 3 [north sheet, from Cape Arago to Columbia River].

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-581

Note

1. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
2. Shows custom house at Astoria, and track of survey.
3. At head of title: U.S. Coast survey, A.D. Bache superintendent.
4. Includes sailing directions and views of entrance to San Francisco Bay, Cape Mendocino, and Trinidad Head.

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.

Title

1. Reconnoissance of the western coast of the United States, from Monterey to the Columbia River : in three sheets / by the hydrographic party under the command of W.P.McArthur, Lieut. U.S. Navy, and Asst. U.S. Coast Survey, W.A. Bartlett, Lieut. U.S. Navy Assistant ; drawn by W. B. McMurtrie ; engraved by A. Rollé, F. Dankworth, O.A. Lawson, G. McCoy & W. Smith.

Publisher

1. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1851.

Edition

1. Third edition.

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:840,000-1:990,000. (W 125°--W 122°/N 47°--N 36°).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 271, column a, no. 4

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner of each map: 55651, 55652, 55653.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added author

1. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
2. McArthur, W. P. (William P.)
3. Bartlett, Washington A.
4. McMurtrie, W. B. (William Birch), draftsman.
5. Rollé, A., engraver.
6. Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804- engraver.
7. Lawson, Oscar A., 1813-1854, engraver.
8. McCoy, G., engraver.
9. Smith, W., engraver.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-581