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
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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