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MAP #: 391U5

CARTOGRAPHER : UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

DATE: 1891

SHORT TITLE : WASHINGTON TO NORFOLK 1891.

REMAINING TITLE & ID : (BOTTOM MARGIN, FOLLOWING "U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY--"). TABLE OF "DISTANCES BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NORFOLK" AND INTERVENING POINTS IN STATUTE MILES (TOP RIGHT CORNER). "PRICE 10 CENTS" (STAMPED IN LEFT TOP MARGIN). "3B" (LEFT, BOTTOM MARGIN). "40." (RIGHT BOTTOM MARGIN). SCALES IN STATUTE AND NAUTICAL MILES (BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). NOTES ON SOUNDINGS AND TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS FOR BOTTOM CONDITIONS (CENTER LEFT). CIRCULAR U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY SYMBOL (TOP LEFT CORNER). LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1891
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : WASHINGTON
PUBLISHER : U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 65.0 X 51.0 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 410,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 11.75 CM. = 30 STATUTE MILES
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-162(REPRO)
HFC ACQ. PRIORITY : 4
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : -
REGION CATEGORY : CHART ON WHICH THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA IS ONE MAIN FOCUS (1)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : U.S.C.& G.S. BASE CHART (4)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWN IN FEET AND FATHOMS.
: SHOALS ARE SHOWN BY CONTOUR SHADING.
: BOTTOM CONDITIONS ARE INDICATED.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : PLAIN (2)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : NONE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS LARGE SCALE CHART GIVES DETAILED SOUNDINGS IN FATHOMS AND FEET AS WELL AS EXTENSIVE DATA ON BOTTOM CONDITIONS. ITS MAJOR FEATURE IS A HEAVY DOTTED LINE TRACING THE ROUTE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. TO NORFOLK. INTERVENING POINTS ALONG THE ROUTE, KEYED INTO THE DISTANCE TABLE ON THE TOP RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHART, ARE MARKED BY SOLID CIRCLES. NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS ARE LOCATED (WITHOUT GIVING THE LIGHT IDENTIFICATION PATTERN) AS WELL AS AN INDICATION OF THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE COASTAL AREA. MAJOR RAILROAD LINES ARE SHOWN. CONTOUR SHADING IS USED TO SHOW SHOALS AND SHALLOW COASTAL AREAS.

THIS CHART COVERS THE AREA FROM SWAN POINT NEAR ROCK HALL TO VIRGINIA BEACH, SOUTH OF CAPE HENRY AND FROM CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND TO FREDERICKSBURG.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE REPRODUCTION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : ONLY A SINGLE EDITION AND STATE IS KNOWN TO THE WRITER.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A FULL SCALE PHOTOCOPY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COPY OF THIS CHART. IT HAS A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-162 (REPRO).

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NONE YET FOUND.

March 30, 1992


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