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Preliminary chart of San Pablo Bay, California

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Item data

Title

Preliminary chart of San Pablo Bay, 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)
Cutts, R. D. (Richard Dominicus), 1817-1883 (Creator)
Rodgers, A. F. (Creator)
Alden, James, 1810-1877 (Creator)
Lindenkohl, A. (Draftsman)
Ricketts, James J. (Draftsman)
Ackerman Lithr. (Lithographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1856
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Coast Survey Office

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 18-911

Subjects

Nautical charts -- California -- San Pablo Bay (Calif.)
Nautical charts -- California -- Carquinez Strait (Calif.)
Nautical charts
San Pablo Bay (Calif.)
Carquinez Strait (Calif.)
Pacific Ocean -- Carquinez Strait (San Francisco Bay)
Pacific Ocean -- San Pablo Bay (Calif.)

Genres

Maps
Nautical Charts
Bathymetric Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: From a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by R.D. Cutts, asst. ; topography by R.D. Cutts, asst. & A.F. Rodgers, sub-assist. ; hydrography by the party under the command of James Alden, Lieut., U.S.N. assist.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Topl. reduction by A. Lindenkohl, hydl. reduction by Jas. J. Ricketts."
Citation/Reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 8, page 875, column 2, no. 3
Acquisition: Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 52 x 74 cm, on sheet 59 x 82 cm

Abstract

Covers also Carquinez Strait. Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Includes text and tables.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 26182368
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21533562
Folder number: US039.1.06
Series: [Chart] ; no. 50
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5f0343a0-1358-0136-b8f3-7f20ca98cdbc

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1856

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Preliminary chart of San Pablo Bay, California" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5f0343a0-1358-0136-b8f3-7f20ca98cdbc

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1856). Preliminary chart of San Pablo Bay, California Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5f0343a0-1358-0136-b8f3-7f20ca98cdbc

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Preliminary chart of San Pablo Bay, California" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5f0343a0-1358-0136-b8f3-7f20ca98cdbc

Wikipedia citation

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