Drake's Bay, California. / United States Coast Survey / 1883

Drake's Bay, California. United States Coast Survey, 1883

Drake's Bay, California. / United States Coast Survey / 1883

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Full Title: Drake's Bay, California. United States Coast And Geodetic Survey. Treasury Department. From a Trigonometrical 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. ... Reissued June 1883, J.E. Hilgard Superintendent. Verified: R.D. Cutts, Assistant in charge of Office. (Date of first publication 1860).

Author: United States Coast Survey

Date: 1883

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Author: United States Coast Survey

Date: 1883

Short Title: Drake's Bay, California.

Publisher: Washington: U.S. Coast Survey

Type: Separate Map

Object Height cm: 49

Object Width cm: 77

Scale 1: 40,000

Note: Heavy paper, separate issue. A note mentions the Telegraph Signal Station at Point Reyes Light, which "will transmit by telegraph, messages signalled by the International Code from passing vessels."

Reference: Vogdes p. 249.

State / Province: California

County: Marin County (Calif.)

List No: 3586.000

Series No: 1

Engraver or Printer: Rodgers, A. F. ; Davidson, George ; Lawson, J. S. ; Alden, James ; Hilgard, J. E. ; Cutts, R. D.

Published In: Drake's Bay, California. United States Coast And Geodetic Survey. Treasury Department. From a Trigonometrical 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. ... Reissued June 1883, J.E. Hilgard Superintendent. Verified: R.D. Cutts, Assistant in charge of Office. (Date of first publication 1860).

Publication Author: United States Coast Survey

Publication Date: 1883

Publication Reference: Vogdes p. 249.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 3586.000

Publication Type: Separate Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 49

Publication Width cm: 77

Image No: 3586000

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