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| Keywords: 1857 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Monterey Bay, California - Geographicus - MonterayBay-usca-1857.jpg This is an uncommon 1857 U S Coast Survey Chart or Map of Monterey Bay California Covers from the town and mission of Santa Cruz south to Monterey City and Point Pinos Countless depth soundings throughout Notes on tides under sea dangers and sailing instructions in the upper right quadrant The Triangulation for this survey was completed by R D Cutts The topography is the work of R D Cutts A M Harrison and W M Johnson The Hydrography was accomplished by a party under the command of James Alden The construction of this chart was supervised by A D Bache one of the most important and influential early superintendents of the U S Coast Survey Published in the 1857 edition of the Superintendent ™s Report 1857 dated Size in 21 31 object history credit line accession number MonterayBay-usca-1857 <i>Report of the Superintendant of the U S Coast Survey </i> 1857 edition Geographicus-source PD-art United States Coast Survey maps 1857 maps Old maps of California Monterey Bay | ||||
