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Preliminary chart of Drake's Bay California : from a trigonometric survey under the direction of A.D. Bache Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States / triangulation by A.F. Rodgers and G. Davidson, Assistants topography by J.S. Lawson and A.F. Rodgers Assists hydrography by the party under the command of Commander James Alden, U.S.N. Assist

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Title: Preliminary chart of Drake's Bay California : from a trigonometric survey under the direction of A.D. Bache Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States / triangulation by A.F. Rodgers and G. Davidson, Assistants topography by J.S. Lawson and A.F. Rodgers Assists hydrography by the party under the command of Commander James Alden, U.S.N. Assist
Creator: Rodgers, A. F., cartographer
Contributor: United States Coast Survey
Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
Davidson, George, 1825-1911
Lawson, J.S
Alden, James, 1810-1877
Date Created and/or Issued: 1860
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: No old shelf mark. Even with the center part missing, this is a good map of the coastline of Drake's Bay. It shows the estero where Drake allegedly careened his ship. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map ; 50 x 76 cm., sheet 55 x 82 cm.
Identifier: ephMPCALIF0213
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/4531
Language: English
Subject: Drakes Bay (Calif.)--Maps
Nautical charts--California--Drakes Bay (Calif.)
Time Period: 1860
Place: North America
United States
California
Drake's Bay
W 123°
W 122°40'/N 38°03'
N 37°53'
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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