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Reconnaissance of Sabine Pass

Description: This map is a nautical chart showing the hydrography of the area in Texas and Louisiana around the Sabine Pass. The physical features are marked to portray coastline conditions using nautical notations and color shading and outlines. Depths are shown by soundings and marked with lines and numbers in feet. Text in the lower left corner is labeled "Sailing Directions" and gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. It also notes that various measurements use… more
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Reconnaissance of Aransas Pass, Texas

Description: This map is a nautical chart showing the hydrography of the area in Texas around the Aransas Pass. The physical features are outlined and shaded in color (relief shown by soundings and contours). Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. Text in the upper left corner is labeled "Sailing Directions" and "Note"; the text gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. Scale 1:20,000.
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Reconnaissance of Sabine Pass

Description: This map is a nautical chart showing the hydrography of the area in Texas and Louisiana around the Sabine Pass. The physical features are marked to portray coastline conditions. Depths are shown by soundings and marked with lines and numbers in feet. Text in the lower left corner is labeled "Sailing Directions" and gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. It also notes that various measurements used for the map were taken between 1848 and 1852. Scale 1… more
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Preliminary Chart of San Luis Pass, Texas

Description: This map is a nautical chart showing the topography and hydrography of the area in Texas around the San Luis Pass. The physical features are in color and appear to be shaded to portray heights (additional relief shown by hachures). Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. According to text at the bottom of the page, the various measurements to create the map were made between 1851 and 1853; the text also gives specific latitude and longitude of the area in the map. Additional text … more
Date: [1851..1853]
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Galveston Entrance, Texas

Description: This map is a nautical chart showing the topography and hydrography of the area in Texas around the Galveston Entrance. The physical features are shaded and include the aerial layout of Galveston and nearby areas (relief shown by soundings). Depths are marked with shading (rendered in a dot pattern) and numbers in feet. According to text at the bottom of the page (lower left corner), the various measurements to create the map were made between 1848 and 1852; the text also gives specific lati… more
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Preliminary Survey of the Entrance to the Rio Grande, Texas

Description: This map is a nautical chart showing the topography and hydrography of the area in Texas around the entrance to the Rio Grande River. The physical features are shaded with relief (and depths) shown by soundings. Depths are marked with lines, shading (rendered in a dot pattern), and numbers in feet. Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. According to text in the lower left corner, the various measurements to create the map were made between 1853 and 1854; the text also gives speci… more
Date: [1853,1854]
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Texas] Sketch I

Description: Map shows Texas coast from Cavallo Pass in the southwest to the Sabine Pass in the northeast, and towns used for triangulation. Includes legend. Scale 1:600,000.
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Preliminary sketch of Galveston Bay indicating proposed sites for light houses as authorized by act of Congress of Mar. 3, 1851.

Description: Map shows the entrance to Galveston Bay between Galveston Island and Boliver Peninsula, proposed sites for light houses, water depths, and structures. Relief shown by shading, soundings, and depictions. Insets: "Clopper's Bar" and "Red Fish Bar." Includes texts "Sailing Directions," and "Note." Scale [1:200,000].
Date: 1851
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Preliminary sketch of Galveston Bay, Texas.

Description: Map shows the coastal geography of mid-nineteenth century Galveston Bay, Texas. Includes sailing directions. Insets: "Clopper's Bar" and "Red Fish Bar." Depths shown by soundings. Scale: [1:200,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Reconnoissance of Sabine Pass.

Description: Map shows the mouth of the Sabine River in Texas at the Gulf of Mexico and indicates navigation hazards. Includes sailing directions. Depths shown by soundings. Scale: [1:40,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Preliminary survey of Humboldt Bay, California.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century land formation, islands, inlets and settlements in Humboldt Bay, California. Includes sailing directions and illustration: View of Red Bluff, Entrance Humboldt Bay. Inset: "Sketch of Humboldt Bay." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Scale [ca. 1:30,000] and [ca. 1:150,000].
Date: 1851
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

San Diego entrance and approaches: California

Description: Map shows buildings, roads, observatories, lighthouses, and settlements along the San Diego, California coastline during the mid-nineteenth century. Includes sailing directions and notes. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings and isolines. Scale [ 1:25,000 ] and [ 1:150,000 ].
Date: 1851
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Mouth of Columbia River.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century coastline of Barker's Bay and Young's Bay and the township of Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River in Washington. Includes sailing directions and tide chart. Inset: View of the Entrance of Columbia River, Cape Hancock or Disappointment E. by N. (compass) 12 statute miles [illustration]. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and depth contours. Scale 1:40,000.
Date: 1851
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Mouth of Columbia River.

Description: Map shows coastline of Barker's Bay and Young's Bay and the township of Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River. Includes sailing directions and tide chart. Inset: View of the Entrance of Columbia River, Cape Hancock or Disappointment E. by N. (compass) 12 statute miles [illustration]. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and depth contours. Scale 1:40,000.
Date: 1851
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Sketch of the Gulf of Mexico showing lines of deep sea soundings and profiles of bottom.

Description: Map shows islands and bays along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from just south of the Rio Grande to the tip of Florida, Key West, and the Dry Tortugas; temperature readings east and south of the Mississippi River delta on inset map. Insets: [fifteen profiles of sections of seabottom for the Gulf of Mexico along lines shown on the main map]. Depths shown by soundings and by profile. Scale [ca. 1:2,400,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Coast of Texas: from Galveston to Corpus Christi.

Description: Map shows coastline of Texas along the Gulf of Mexico from Corpus Christi to Galveston, entrances to Galveston, Matagorda, and portion of Corpus Christi Bays, settlements. Includes text with information on soundings, tides, and remarks. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:400,000].
Date: 1867
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Coast of Texas : from Galveston to Corpus Christi.

Description: Map shows railroads, place names, islands, inlets, and passes; Texas coast line from Corpus Christ Bay in the south to Galveston Bay in the north. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:400,000].
Date: 1867
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Reconnoissance of Sabine Pass.

Description: Map shows the mouth of the Sabine River at the Gulf of Mexico and indicates navigation hazards. Includes sailing directions. Depths shown by soundings. Scale: [ca. 1:40,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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