Bache, Alexander Dallas, 1806-1867 Galveston entrance, Texas, from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache superintendant of the survery of the coast of the United States
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02941 Author/Creator: Bache, Alexander Dallas, 1806-1867 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Map Date: 1853 Pagination: 1 map Height: 40 cm, Width: 47 cm Order a Copy
Map of the Galveston entrance in Texas from 1853. Sailing directions written on righthand side of document, including information about tides. Harbor shown is the Gulf of Mexico. Includes compass. Scale noted on bottom. Triangulation by R.H. Fauntleroy and J.S. WIlliams. Topopgraphy by J.M. Wampler. Hydrography by "the parties under the command of T.A. Craven & A.S. Baldwin."
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