Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a U.S. Coast Survey map showing the western coast of the United States from San Diego to Santa Barbara, 1864. The map shows many places, including, from northwest to southeast, Buenaventura, Point Hueneme, Santa Clara River, Prisoner's Harbor, Anacapa Island, Laguna, Point Mugu, Mission of San Fernando, Point Duma, Bahia Oua, El Pueblo de los Angeles, San Pedro Hill, Point Vincent, Point Fermin, San Gabriel River, New San Pedro, Old San Pedro, Bahia de los Tem blores, Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, , San Nicolas Island, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Mission San Luis Rey, and San Clemete. Compares to CHS-10000, CHS-10002 and CHS-10003 other maps of California coast from same coast survey. A caption in the upper right corner reads "Begg's Rock bears from the West end of San Nicholas L.N.W. by W. & W. (N. 51. W.) distant 7 miles This rock is [...] can be seen 8 or 10 miles off. There are no dangers near it, but in passing between the rock and San Nicholas I. the lat[ter] should not be approached nearer than 24 miles, as there are heavy breakers making out that distance. A Reef makes out about 1 mile from the N. W. end of San Clemente I". There are five images of mountains above the map, and all include captions: the one in the upper left reads "[...] bearing N by W (Compass) 4 miles" the one directly below it reads "[be]aring S.S.E. (Compass) 4 miles" the one to the right reads "View, Pt. Concepcion bearing W. by S. (Compass) 3 miles" the one below that reads "View, Pt. Concepcion bearing S.E. by E. (Compass) 12 miles" and the one below that reads "View, Pt. Duma bearing East (Compass)". The map itself shows many places, including, from northwest to southeast, Buenaventura, Point Hueneme, Santa Clara River, Prisoner's Harbor, Anacapa Island, Laguna, Point Mugu, Mission of San Fernando, Point Duma, Bahia Oua, El Pueblo de los Angeles, San Pedro Hill, Point Vincent, Point Fermin, San Gabriel River, New San Pedro, Old San Pedro, Bahia de los Tem blores, Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, , San Nicolas Island, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Mission San Luis Rey, San Clemete Island, False Point, False Bay, Point Loma, Light House, and San Diego.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, photoprints, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs maps
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