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Map 52. United States of America: Maryland: Chesapeake Bay. U S Coast Survey Charts...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1640/52

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FO 925/1640/52
Date
1862
Description

Map 52. United States of America: Maryland: Chesapeake Bay. U S Coast Survey Charts 32 and 33, showing the bay from the Magothy River to Potomac River. Tables of tides and currents, lighthouses, magnetic variations. Scale: 1 inch to 1.25 miles. Sailing directions. Compass roses. Published in 1862 and used as plans 52 and 54 of the Anglo-American Fishery Commission Atlas, 1862. Manuscript additions to chart: names of commissioners and U S Surveyor. Electrotype copy by G Mathiot, USCS. Prepared under the direction of Superintendent A D Bache, by J Ferguson, F H Gerdes, J E Johnstone, E Blunt, J E Hilgard, H L Whiting, J C Neilson, J J S Hassler, G D Wise, R D Cutts and others.

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Language
English
Physical condition
Engraved
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Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2492
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19956791/

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