YEAR PUBLISHED: 1883
Report of The Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey showing The Progress of The Work during the Fiscal Year Ending With June, 1883
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Annual Report of the Superintendent, Coast and Geodetic Survey to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
The report(s) and maps are formerly of the British Admiralty Library's collection. Numerous fold-out maps and/or charts.
This set is important as it contains a large number of thick-paper inserts showing the methods and standards for the new topographic elements of modern cartography. These are very interesting to cartographers.
Includes the many charts shown in the index, including 3 nice California coastal triangulation charts.
Some place names in the list of Sketches (see specific titles in the index photo):
- St. Croix, Hudson River, Lake Ontario
- Cape Henry, Ohio River
- North Carolina Sounds
- Maryland and Georgia Baseline to Tennessee
- South Carolina and Georgia Coasts
- Florida, Amelia Island, Halifax River, Cape Canaveral, Indian River, Cape Florida, Tampa Bay, St. Joseph's Bay, Mobile Bay
- Mississippi River
- Texas
- California, San Diego to Point Sal
- California, Point Sal to Tomales Bay
- California, Tomales Bay to Oregon
- Oregon, Tillamook Bay
- Washington Territory
- Alaska
- Kentucky, Indiana
- Missouri, Illinois
- Nevada
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