COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Entrance Mobile Bay.
Obj Height cm:
73
Obj Width cm:
48
Scale 1:
40,000
Note:
Engraved nautical chart. Depths shown by soundings. Includes descriptive notes. In upper margin "Presented under authority of an act of Congress of the United States of June 3d 1844 by direction of the Treasury Department, A.D. Bache Superintendent Coast Survey."
Reference:
Guthorn p. 167; PMaps, p. 446.
Full Title:
Entrance to Mobile Bay. From a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States. Main triangulation by F.H. Gerdes, assistant. Secondary triangulation by R.H. Fauntleroy, assistant. Topography by W.E. Greenwell, assistant. Hydrography by the party under the command of C.P. Patterson, Lt. U.S. Navy and assist. Published in 1851. Final reduction for engraving by J.J. Ricketts, draughtsman. Topography engraved by R.T. Knight and S.T. Pettit. Lettering by W. Smith. Electrotype copy no. 3 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S. (with logo) U.S. Coast Survey Office.
List No:
2470.040
Series No:
44
Pub Date:
1854
Pub Title:
(Covers to) Maps and charts of the United States Coast Survey. A.D. Bache, Superintendent. To July, 1854.
Pub Reference:
P1269; U.S. Atlases L 167.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
2470.000
Pub Maps:
57
Pub Height cm:
31
Pub Width cm:
28
Image No:
2470040
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2007
Publisher Location:
Washington
Publisher:
U.S.
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
Chart Map
State/Province:
Alabama
County:
Baldwin County (Ala.)
County:
Mobile County (Ala.)
Region:
Mobile Bay (Ala.)
Engraver or Printer:
Fauntleroy, R. H.
Engraver or Printer:
Gerdes, Ferd. H.
Engraver or Printer:
Greenwell, W. E.
Engraver or Printer:
Knight, R. T.
Engraver or Printer:
Mathiot, G.
Engraver or Printer:
Patterson, C. P.
Engraver or Printer:
Pettit, S. T.
Engraver or Printer:
Ricketts, J. J.
Engraver or Printer:
Smith, W., engraver
Publication Author:
Bache, A. D.
Publication Author:
United States Coast Survey
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Author:
Bache, A. D.
Date:
1851
Entrance Mobile Bay.
