File:1853 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Ship Island Shoal, Louisiana - Geographicus - ShipIslandShoal-uscs-1853.jpg
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(Sketch H No. 6) Preliminary Chart of Ship Island Shoal Louisiana. | |||||||
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(Sketch H No. 6) Preliminary Chart of Ship Island Shoal Louisiana. |
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English: An attractive example of the U.S. Coast Survey Map of Louisiana’s Ship Island Shoal. Details part Isle Derniere (Ast Island) and Caillon Bay. Shows Ast Station and the luxurious Ocean Club Hotel, both of which were destroyed in the Hurricane of 1893. From a nautical perspective the map offers a wealth of depths soundings and sailing instructions, as well as information on shoals, light houses, and tides. The topography was accomplished by F. H. Gerdes. The Hydrography was is the work of a party under the command of R. F. Sands. Prepared under the supervision of A. D. Bache for the 1853 Report of the Superintendant of the U.S. Coast Survey . |
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Date | 1853 (dated) | ||||||
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height: 16.5 in (41.9 cm); width: 17.2 in (43.8 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,16.5U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,17.25U218593 |
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Geographicus link: ShipIslandShoal-uscs-1853 |
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Report of the Superintendant of the U.S. Coast Survey, (1853 edition).
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