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Mare Island Straits, California

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57509790


Item data

Title

Mare Island Straits, California

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
California

Names

United States Coast Survey (Publisher)
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 (Creator)
Williams, Jno. S. (John Shoebridge), 1790-1878 (Creator)
Cutts, R. D. (Richard Dominicus), 1817-1883 (Creator)
Blunt, Simon Fraser, -1854 (Creator)
McArthur, W. P. (Creator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1851
Place: Washington
Publisher: U.S. Coast Survey

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 18-901

Subjects

Nautical charts -- California -- Mare Island Strait (Calif.)
Mare Island Strait (Calif.)
Pacific Ocean -- Mare Island Strait (San Francisco Bay)

Genres

Maps
Nautical Charts
Bathymetric Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: Triangulation by J.S. Williams and R.D. Cutts, assts., U.S.C.S. and Lt. S.F. Blunt, U.S.N., Joint Commn. Army & Navy officers. Topography by R.D. Cutts, asst., U.S.C.S. Hydrography by the party under the command of W.P. McArthur, Lieut U.S.N. and asst. U.S.C.S. 1851.
Statement Of Responsibility: At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Superintendent.
Citation/Reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 287, column 2, no. 2
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 17 x 32 cm
NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 55658

Abstract

Also shows Mare Island, Carquinez Straits and site of Vallejo. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Oriented with north toward upper left.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 26663793
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21518705
Folder number: US038.2.06
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3643afe0-0b72-0136-fb65-3f8deb74d088

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1851

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Mare Island Straits, California" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1851. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3643afe0-0b72-0136-fb65-3f8deb74d088

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1851). Mare Island Straits, California Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3643afe0-0b72-0136-fb65-3f8deb74d088

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Mare Island Straits, California" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3643afe0-0b72-0136-fb65-3f8deb74d088

Wikipedia citation

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