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Map Chesapeake Bay from its head to Potomac River,

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Title

  • Chesapeake Bay from its head to Potomac River,

Names

  • United States Coast Survey.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, U.S. Coast Survey,] 1861-1862.

Contents

  • Coast chart no. 31. Chesapeake Bay from head of Bay to Magothy River. . . Triangulation by J. Ferguson, T. W. Werner, J. E. Johnstone, Capt. Topographical Engineers, U.S.A. Assistants. Topography by T. W. Werner, J. J. S. Hassler, R. D. Cutts, G. D. Wise, Assts., J. C. Neilson, Sub-Asst., J. B. Gluck & H. L. Whiting, Assts. Hydrography by the parties under the command of Lieuts. Comdg. G. M. Bache, S. P. Lee, W. P. McArthur, C. H. McBlair & R. Wainwright, U.S.N. Assts. Published in 1861. ("No. 17" in upper left corner).

Headings

  • -  Nautical charts--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
  • -  Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Maryland--Chesapeake Bay

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:80,000.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 33.5
  • -  From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1864 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1866). Maps 17-19.
  • -  At head of title: Coast charts nos. 31, 32, 33.
  • -  Overall title cited above appears on coast chart no. 32 (map 18).
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
  • -  No. 32. From Magothy River to Choptank River. Triangulation by J. Ferguson, F. H. Gerdes, J. E. Johnstone, Capt. Topl. Engrs., E. Blunt, J. E. Hilgard, Assts. and A. D. Bache, Supdt. Topography by H. L. Whiting, F. H. Gerdes, Assts., J. C. Neilson, Sub-Asst., J. J. S. Hassler, R. D. Cutts & G. D. Wise, Assts. Hydrography by the parties under the command of Lieut Comdg. G. M. Bache, S. P. Lee & W. P. McArthur, U.S.N. Assts. Published in 1862. ("No. 18" in upper left corner).
  • -  Coast chart no. 33. Chesapeake Bay from Choptank River to Potamac River . . . Triangulation by E. Blunt, J. E. Hilgard, J. S. Williams and R. D. Cutts, Assistants. Topography by J. J. S. Hassler, G. D. Wise, R. D. Cutts, Assts. J. Seib & S. A. Wainwright, Sub-Assts. & H. L. Whiting, Asst. Hydrography by the parties under the command of Lieuts Comdg. W. P. McArthur, S. P. Lee and J. J. Almy, U.S.N. Assistants. Published in 1862 ("No. 19" in upper left corner).
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.

Medium

  • 3 sheets, each 76 x 96 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3842.C5P5 1861 .U5

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99447098

Online Format

  • image

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United States Coast Survey. Chesapeake Bay from its head to Potomac River. [Washington, U.S. Coast Survey, to 1862, 1861] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99447098/.

APA citation style:

United States Coast Survey. (1861) Chesapeake Bay from its head to Potomac River. [Washington, U.S. Coast Survey, to 1862] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99447098/.

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United States Coast Survey. Chesapeake Bay from its head to Potomac River. [Washington, U.S. Coast Survey, to 1862, 1861] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99447098/>.