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Map Preliminary chart of the northwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Unfinished proof

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Title

  • Preliminary chart of the northwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Unfinished proof

Names

  • United States Coast Survey

Created / Published

  • [Washington, U.S. Coast Survey, 1861]

Headings

  • -  Coasts--America, Gulf of--Maps
  • -  Mexico, Gulf of

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:600,000.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 17.8
  • -  At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supdt.
  • -  Chart of the Gulf coast from Pensacola Bay to the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte) showing soundings and bottom contours at 6, 12, and 18 feet.
  • -  "Note: In portions of this chart where no soundings have yet been made by the Coast Survey, they have been taken from the Admiralty chart of Gauld's survey made in 1764 to 1771, which agree well with the Coast Survey soundings in positions covered by both."
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.

Medium

  • 1 map, 80 x 175 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G9112.M4 1861 .U5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99447059

Online Format

  • image

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United States Coast Survey. Preliminary chart of the northwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Unfinished proof. [Washington, U.S. Coast Survey, 1861] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99447059/.

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United States Coast Survey. (1861) Preliminary chart of the northwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Unfinished proof. [Washington, U.S. Coast Survey] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99447059/.

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United States Coast Survey. Preliminary chart of the northwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Unfinished proof. [Washington, U.S. Coast Survey, 1861] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/99447059/>.