AGSL GeoDiscovery

Columbia River

Alternative Title:

Columbia River, Sheet 5

Description:

Issued, May 1888, F.M. Thorn, Superintendent. Verified: B.A. Colonna, Assistant in charge of Office ; Triangulation [and topography] by C. Rockwell, Assistant ; Hydrography by C. Rockwell and J.J. Gilbert, Assistants ; Astronomical observations by W. Eimbeck and G. Davidson, Assistants ; Magnetic Observations by J.S. Lawson, Assistant ; Verification of Hydrography by Lieut. Comdr. W.H. Brownson, U.S.N. Inspector of Hydrography ; ...reduced drawing of Topography by H. Lindenkohl ; ...of Hydrography by A. Lindenkohl ; Outlines and Topography [engraving] by H.C. Evans, lettering by A. Petersen and F. Courtenay, Sand by H.C. Evans, Title and Notes by H.M. Knight.

Coordinates approximate (Greenwich meridian)

Depths shown by soundings and gradient shading (in low water areas); relief by contours and spot heights

Variation compasses

Bar scales in statute miles, nautical miles, kilometers

Buoy legend, tidal and explanatory notes, river lights table, latitude and longitude of Saint Helen (Church)

Shows waterways, vegetation, topography, islands, roads, railroads, various buildings, divisions of land

"No. 641c," "Plate no. 1999," "Electrotype Copy No. 1..."

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/vp803zk4917

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/vp803zk4917

Language:

eng

Creator:

Rockwell, Cleveland, 1837-1907, Davidson, George, 1825-1911, and Brownson, Willard H. (Willard Herbert), 1845-1935

Publisher:

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Navigation, Rivers, Hydrography, and Maps

Theme:

Land cover

Date Issued:

1890

Spatial Coverage:

Columbia River and Northwest, Pacific

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