Preliminary chart of part of the sea coast of Virginia and entrance to Chesapeake Bay
- Title
- Preliminary chart of part of the sea coast of Virginia and entrance to Chesapeake Bay / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
- Published by
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1855.
- Author
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- Description
- 1 map; 71 x 52 cm, on sheet 80 x 64 cm
- Alternative title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US241.1B.09
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Nautical charts.
- Bathymetric maps.
- Call number
- Map Div. 17-689
- Note
- Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
- Includes information on tides, currents, sailing directions, list of abbreviations.
- Inset: Entrance to Chesapeake Bay. [Scale 1:100,000].
- "Triangulation by John Farley, assistant; topography by G.D. Wise, assist., & J. Seib, sub. assistant; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. J.J. Almy, U.S.N. Assist."
- "Verified H.W. Benham, Capt. of Engrs. Asst. C.S. in charge of office."
- "Redd. drng. by L.D. Williams, A. Shoepf, & A. Balbach" --lower left margin.
- "Engd. by E. Yeager, H.S. Barnard, A. Petersen & app. R.F. Bartle" -- lower right margin.
- In upper right margin: Electrotype copy no. 2 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S.
- Indexed in (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Local note
- NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 55608.
- Author
- United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
- Title
- Preliminary chart of part of the sea coast of Virginia and entrance to Chesapeake Bay / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1855.
- Cartographic data
- Scale 1:200,000 (W 76°20ʹ--75°10ʹ/N 37°50ʹ--35°30ʹ).
- 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 436, column 2, no. 3
- Connect to:
- Chronological term
- 1800-1899
- Place of publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added author
- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
- Farley, John, 1802 or 1803-1874.
- Wise, G. D.
- Seib, J. (John)
- Almy, John Jay, 1815-1895.
- Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-1884.
- Mathiot, G.
- Williams, L. D., draftsman.
- Shoepf, A., draftsman.
- Balbach, Arthur, draftsman.
- Yeager, E. (Edward), engraver.
- Barnard, H. S., engraver.
- Petersen, A., engraver.
- Bartle, R. F., engraver.
- Research call number
- Map Div. 17-689