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| Keywords: 1857 U.S. Coast Survey Map or Chart of the Entrance to the York River, Virginia - Geographicus - YorkRiver-uscs-1857.jpg An attractive hand colored 1857 U S Coast Survey nautical chart or map of Virginia ™s York River Covers the course of the York River from its entrance at the Chesapeake Bay to King Creek Offers countless depth soundings sailing instructions and navigational notes as well as considerable inland detail Identifies Yorktown Gloucester Point and a number of other important sites The York River was an important theater in the American Revolutionary war and it is here at Yorktown where the British formally surrendered The hand color work on this beautiful map is exceptionally well done The triangulation for this chart was accomplished by E Blunt J Farley and J P Roy The Topography is the work of John Seib The Hydrography was completed by a party under the command of J J Almy and R D Minor Compiled under the direction of A D Bache Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States and one of the most influential American cartographers of the 19th century 1857 dated Size in 23 17 object history credit line accession number YorkRiver-uscs-1857 <i>Report of the Superintendant of the United States Coast Survey </i> Washington 1857 edition Geographicus-source PD-art United States Coast Survey maps 1857 maps Old maps of Virginia Maps of the Chesapeake Bay | ||||
