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| Keywords: 1851 U.S. Coast Survey Chart or Map of the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay - Geographicus - ChesapeakeBay-uscs-1851.jpg An exceptional example of the 1851 U S Coast Survey's progress chart for the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay Region Covers from the mouth of the Susquehanna to Cape Henry west as far as Washington D C and east as far as Cape May Shows triangulation points throughout the Bay as well as all major Island Rivers and inlets Lighthouses ports cities beaches and industrial sites noted Prepared under the supervision of A D Bache one of the most influential figures in the history of the Coast Survey for the 1852 Superintendent's Report 1851 dated Size in 20 5 33 5 object history credit line accession number ChesapeakeBay-uscs-1851 <i>Report of the Superintendant of the United States Coast Survey </i> Washington 1852 edition Geographicus-source PD-art United States Coast Survey maps Old maps of the Chesapeake Bay Old maps of the Delaware Bay 1851 maps Maps in English | ||||
