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Hydrographic reconnaissance of James River, Virginia, from entrance to City Point /

Hydrographic reconnaissance of James River, Virginia, from entrance to City Point /

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Summary

General nautical chart.
Depths shown by soundings and contours.
At head of title: A.D. Bache Supt.
Copy 1 is hand col. in blue watercolor to show shallow waters, in red and black inks to show buoys, in pink ink to show "Stn." area outlines, and in black-ink handwriting (printing) to show "Stn." area names. Copy 2 in not col. or annotated.
In upper margin: Autographic transfer, July 1862.
Imperfect: Copy 1 halved, mounted on cloth backing; copy 2 torn.
LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 559.4
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Includes text of "Sailing directions", note, tide table, and magnetic variation table.

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Date

01/01/1862
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Contributors

United States Coast Survey.
Muse, W. T.
Wainwright, R. (Richard), 1817-1862.
Maffitt, John Newland, 1819-1886.
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Source

Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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