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| Keywords: 1862 U.S. Coast Survey Map of the Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers, Maine (Nautical Chart) - Geographicus - KennebecSheepscot-uscs-1862.jpg This is a highly desirable and uncommon 1862 U S Coast Survey chart or map of the Kennebecand Sheepscot Rivers Maine Covers from the southerly most point of Cape Small Point northwars as far as Wiscasset extends west to just beyond Bath and east to Linekin's Bay Offers stunning inland detail identifying roads farms landings and many individual buildings Nautically this map offers a wealth of practical information for the Mariner including countless depth soundings and notes on light hoses tides shoals and other undersea dangers The Triangulation for this chart was completed by A D Bache A W Evens and C O Boutelle The topography is the work of S A Gilbert I H Adams R M Bache W S Gilbert C T Jardella W H Dennis and C Ferguson The hydrography was completed by a party under the command of S D Trenchard J Wilkinson J H Moore T S Phelps and E H Gerdes This chart was compiled under the supervision of A D Bache one of the most influential Superintendents in the history of the Coast Survey Published in the 1867 supplement to the 1866 edition of the Superintendent's Report 1862 dated Size in 24 39 object history credit line accession number KennebecSheepscot-uscs-1862 <i>Report of the Superintendant of the United States Coast Survey </i> Washington 1867 Supplement to the 1865 edition Geographicus-source PD-art United States Coast Survey maps Maps of Maine | ||||
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