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United States of America: Texas: Galveston Bay. U S Coast Survey chart: 'Galveston...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1637

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Reference
FO 925/1637
Date
1853
Description

United States of America: Texas: Galveston Bay. U S Coast Survey chart: 'Galveston Entrance, Texas ... Published in 1853'. Scale: 3 inches to about 2 miles. Tide table, sailing directions. Compass indicator. Surveyed under superintendence of A D Bache: surveyed by R H Fauntleroy, J S Williams, J M Wampler. Hydrography by parties under the command of Lieutenants T A Craven and A S Baldwin, U S Navy. Reduced drawing by A Fornaro and A Balbach. Electrotype by G Mathiot from engraving by H C Evens and S E Stull.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
40 cm x 49 cm
Physical condition
Electrotyped
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2872. Reference erroneously printed as FO 925/1367.
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818201/

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