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- GLC#
- GLC02941
- Type
- Maps
- Date
- 1853
- Author/Creator
- Bache, Alexander Dallas, 1806-1867
- Title
- Galveston entrance, Texas, from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache superintendant of the survery of the coast of the United States
- Pagination
- 1 map Height: 40 cm, Width: 47 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Map of the Galveston entrance in Texas from 1853. Sailing directions written on righthand side of document, including information about tides. Harbor shown is the Gulf of Mexico. Includes compass. Scale noted on bottom. Triangulation by R.H. Fauntleroy and J.S. WIlliams. Topopgraphy by J.M. Wampler. Hydrography by "the parties under the command of T.A. Craven & A.S. Baldwin."
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