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U.S. Coastal Survey / Benjamin Pierce superintendent ; sketch J. showing the progress of the survey in section no. x (lower sheet) from San Diego to Pt. Sal ; from 1850 to 1870

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Title: U.S. Coastal Survey / Benjamin Pierce superintendent ; sketch J. showing the progress of the survey in section no. x (lower sheet) from San Diego to Pt. Sal ; from 1850 to 1870
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Date Created and/or Issued: 1870
Publication Information: Coronado Public Library
Contributing Institution: Coronado Public Library
Collection: Coronado Local History Photograph and Map Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Map illustrates the progress of the coastal survey by using occupied and unoccupied stations to triangulate positions along the coast from 1850 to 1870. Map has one inset of Station San Buenaventura.
Type: image
Format: 1 map : hand col. ; 56 x 76 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt467nf0rd
ccoron_157
Language: English
Subject: Maps
Triangulation
Surveying
Place: California, Southern

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