AGSL GeoDiscovery

Potomac River (in four sheets)

Alternative Title:

Potomac River from entrance to Piney Point, Potomac River from Piney Point to Lower Cedar Point, Potomac River from Lower Cedar Point to Indian head, and Potomac River from Indian head to Georgetown

Description:

United States Coast Survey ; from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache ; triangulation by J. Farley and C. Ferguson ; topography by R.D. Cutts ... [et al.] ; hydrography by the parties under the command of S.P. Lee and W.T. Muse.

Nautical chart of the Potomac River Estuary from Washington, D.C. to Chesapeake Bay.

Relief shown by hachures and landform drawings. Depths shown by soundings (in feet), isolines, and shading.

"Issued ... 1877 C.P. Patterson Superintendent. Verified J.E. Hilgard ..."

Sheet no. 4. From Indian Head to Georgetown / triangulation by A.D. Bache ... [et al.] ; hydrography by T.S. Phelps, C.P. Patterson, and C. Junken ; eng[rave]d by A. Maedel and A. Petersen ; red[uce]d dr[awi]ng by H. Lindenkohl and L. Karcher.

No. 388-391.

Plates no. 1135, 1171, 1148, and 1319.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/js503qj3682

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/js503qj3682

Language:

eng

Creator:

Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867, Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891, Patterson, C. P. (Carlile Pollock), 1816-1881, Harrison, A. M. (Alexander Medina), 1829-1881, Cutts, R. D. (Richard Dominicus), 1817-1883, Donn, J. W. (John W.), 1835-1905, and Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897

Publisher:

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Nautical charts

Theme:

Imagery

Date Issued:

1862-1868 [i.e. 1877-1881]

Spatial Coverage:

Potomac River Estuary and Washington Region

Rights:

Image from the Map Collections courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections at brannerlibrary@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false