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| Keywords: 1856 U.S. Coast Survey Map of San Francisco Bay and City - Geographicus - SanFrancisco-uscs-1856.jpg A fine example of the 1856 U S Coast Survey chart of San Francisco Bay Covers the Golden Gate area the Marin Peninsula San Francisco Mission de Dolores and the eastern coastline from Brooks Island to San Antonio Creek Offers excellent inland detail noting mountain ranges fields swamps and occasionally individual buildings The early city layout and grid structure of San Francisco is clear Thousands of depth soundings throughout Sailing instructions in the lower left quadrant Tidal notations in the lower right quadrant In the upper right quadrant there is a sub-sketch of the entrance to San Francisco Bay The triangulation for this chart was prepared by R D CUtts The topography is the work of R D Cutts A M Harrison and A F Rodgers They Hydrography was accomplished by a party under the command of James Alden The entire chart was prepared under the supervision of A D Bache one of the most influential cartographers of his time 1856 dated Size in 38 20 5 object history credit line accession number SanFrancisco-uscs-1856 <i>Report of the Superintendant of the U S Coast Survey </i> 1856 edition Geographicus-source PD-art United States Coast Survey maps Old maps of San Francisco Bay 1856 maps | ||||
