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Map Potomac River (in four sheets)

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Title

  • Potomac River (in four sheets)

Names

  • United States Coast Survey.
  • Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.

Created / Published

  • [United States] : Coast Survey Office, 1862-1864.

Contents

  • Sheet No. 1. From entrance to Piney Point / triangulation E. Blunt, R.D. Cutts and J. Farley ; topography by R.D. Cutts ... [et al.] ; redd. drng. by M.J. Mc Clery & A. Lindenkohl ; engd. by A. Maedel, H.S. Barnard & A. Petersen -- Sheet No. 2. From Piney Point to Lower Cedar Point / triangulation by John Farley ... [et al.] ; topography by I. Hull Adams ... [et al.] ; redd. drng. by L.D. Williams and A. Lindenkohl ; engd. by A. Maedel, H.S. Barnard & A. Petersen -- Sheet No. 3. From Lower Cedar Point to Indian Head / triangulation by C. Ferguson and F.P. Webber ; topography by H.L. Whiting ... [et al.] ; redd. drng. by A. Lindenkohl, L. Karcher and A. Balbach ; engd. by A. Maedel, A Petersen and F.W. Benner -- Sheet No. 4. From Indian Head to Georgetown / triangulation by A.D. Bache ... [et al.] ; topography by A.M. Harrison ... [et al.] ; redd. drng. by H. Lindenkohl and L. Karcher; engd. by A. Maedel and A. Petersen.

Headings

  • -  Harbors--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Nautical charts--Potomac River Estuary
  • -  Potomac River--Maps
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington
  • -  United States--Potomac River Estuary

Notes

  • -  Chart of the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. to its entrance into the Chesapeake Bay. Chart indicates soundings, tides, lighthouses, and the shoreline configuration.
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Maps numbered 20-23 in upper left corners.
  • -  Seal of U.S. Coast Survey Office printed below the map title.
  • -  Similar to no. 35.2, LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.)
  • -  This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • -  Swem, E.G. Maps relating to Virginia, 989-991, 1151
  • -  June 2002; L.S. Straight, June 1970, cd, Map Cataloging Team.
  • -  Civil War Map Proj. no.: LVA00044.
  • -  Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center, April 2002.
  • -  Digital image available: 39 x 24 in. or smaller.
  • -  Map accession no.: 3017 (1970)
  • -  Previously filed as: 755.23 H9 1862-1864.

Medium

  • 1 map on 4 sheets : b&w, mounted on paper ; sheets 106 x 66 cm. or smaller.

Repository

  • Library of Virginia Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA vau For copies contact: Archives Research Services.

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United States Coast Survey, and A. D Bache. Potomac River in four sheets. [United States: Coast Survey Office, to 1864, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/lva0000044/.

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United States Coast Survey & Bache, A. D. (1862) Potomac River in four sheets. [United States: Coast Survey Office, to 1864] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/lva0000044/.

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United States Coast Survey, and A. D Bache. Potomac River in four sheets. [United States: Coast Survey Office, to 1864, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/lva0000044/>.