Research Catalog

Title

Reconnaissance of the western coast of the United States, middle sheet, from San Francisco to Umpquah River / by the hydrographic party under the command of Lieut. James Alden, U.S.N. Assist. ; geographical positions by G. Davidson, assistant ; drawn by W.B. McMurtrie ; reduction for engraving by A. Lindenkohl ; engd. by G. McCoy, J. Knight, J.L. Hazzard & G.B. Metzeroth.

Author

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, 1854.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Alden, James, 1810-1877.
• Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
• Davidson, George, 1825-1911.
• McMurtrie, W. B. (William Birch)
• Lindenkohl, A.
• McCoy, G.
• Knight, J. J.
• Hazzard, J. L.
• Metzeroth, G. B.

Description

1 map; 60 x 55 cm, on sheet 69 x 62 cm

Summary

Plan of the Pacific Coast from central Oregon at the mouth of the Umpqua River to San Francisco, California. Includes twelve views of the land along the coast. Also includes sailing directions, notes, tides, remarks, and table of latitudes and longitudes.

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US028A.2

Subjects

• Nautical charts
• Pacific Coast (Or.) > Maps
• Pictorial works
• Pacific Coast (Calif.) > Maps
• Pacific Coast (Or.) > Pictorial works
• Nautical charts > Oregon > Pacific Coast
• Maps > Pacific Coast
• Pacific Coast (Calif.) > Pictorial works
• Nautical charts > California > Pacific Coast
• Intaglio prints
• America > Pacific Coast

Genre/Form

• Maps.
• Pictorial works.
• Intaglio prints.
• Maps – Pacific Coast.
• Nautical charts.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
• At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, superintendent.
• Inset views: Cape Arago -- Cape Blanco -- Rogue's River -- Mack's arch and reef -- Pt. St. George, Crescent City -- Red Bluff -- View of Cape Mendocino -- Trinidad head and city -- Mendocino City Cove -- Pt. Arena -- Pt. Reyes -- Entrance to San Francisco Bay.
• "Electrotype copy no. 3 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S."
• "Presented under authority of an act of Congress of the United States of June 3d 1844, & by direction of the Treasury Department, A.D. Bache, superintendent, Coast Survey."

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 16-580

OCLC

879769525

Author

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Title

Reconnaissance of the western coast of the United States, middle sheet, from San Francisco to Umpquah River / by the hydrographic party under the command of Lieut. James Alden, U.S.N. Assist. ; geographical positions by G. Davidson, assistant ; drawn by W.B. McMurtrie ; reduction for engraving by A. Lindenkohl ; engd. by G. McCoy, J. Knight, J.L. Hazzard & G.B. Metzeroth.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, 1854.

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:1,200,000 (W 125°--W 122°/N 44°--N 37°).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 271, column b, no. 3

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

American Antiquarian Society copy image

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Alden, James, 1810-1877.

Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.

Davidson, George, 1825-1911.

McMurtrie, W. B. (William Birch), draftsman.

Lindenkohl, A., draftsman.

McCoy, G., engraver.

Knight, J. J., engraver.

Hazzard, J. L., engraver.

Metzeroth, G. B., engraver.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-580