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MAP #: 383U5

CARTOGRAPHER : UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

DATE: 1883

SHORT TITLE : TRIANGULATION BETWEEN THE HUDSON RIVER AND CAPE HENRY

REMAINING TITLE & ID : AND THE OHIO RIVER SCALE 1/1000,000 JUNE 30, 1883 (TOP, LEFT OF CENTER). "UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY" (ABOVE TITLE). "No. 4." (LEFT TOP MARGIN). "NOTE- THE SHADED SURFACES INDICATE RESURVEYS" (CENTER RIGHT). SCALES IN KILOMETERS AND STATUTE MILES (BOTTOM LEFT). "NOTES" (UNDER SCALES). THE SKETCH IS SLIGHTLY LARGER AT THE BOTTOM THAN AT THE TOP (86.0 AND 85.8 CM.). THE REVERSE SIDE IS BLANK. LONGITUDE WEST FROM GREENWICH (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).


DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1884 (1883)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : WASHINGTON
PUBLISHER : U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 56.8 X 86.0 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 63.7 X 89.7 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 1,000,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 80 STATUTE MILES = 13.0 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-639
# 2 : MSA SC1399-636 (1882 STATE)
# 3 : MSA SC1399-637 (1884 STATE)
# 4 : MSA SC1399-640 (1885 STATE)
# 5 : MSA SC1399-635 (1886 STATE)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : B014-DHH
# 2 : B014-DHH (1882 STATE)
# 3 : B014-DHH (1884 STATE)
# 4 : B014-DHH (1885 STATE)
# 5 : B014-DHH (1886 STATE)
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL MAP OF INTEREST TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : U.S.C.S. TYPE CHART (4)
: PROGRESS SKETCH (20)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE CHART.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL (5)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : GREENWICH (1)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 382U6, 384U6, 385U5, 386U5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : THE FISCAL 1883 USC&GS ANNUAL REPORT IS THE ONLY SOURCE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS SKETCH OF THE TRIANGULATION CONNECTING NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA AND THE OHIO SHOWS HOW THE TRIANGULATION WAS TIED TOGETHER. IT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY TRIANGULATION. WHILE NOT IMPORTANT TO A CHESAPEAKE-MARYLAND COLLECTION, THIS SKETCH DOES SHOW THAT THE WORK DONE ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WAS PIVOTAL TO THE EXTENSION OF THE TRIANGULATION WESTWARD AND SOUTHWARD. THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTED THAT MR. A.T. MOSMAN EXAMINED A COUNTRY CUT INTO DEEP RAVINES THROUGH WHICH FLOW THE NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS EMPTYING INTO THE OHIO RIVER AND WITH THE RANGES OF HILLS BETWEEN THESE STREAMS OF UNIFORM HEIGHT AND HEAVILY WOODED EITHER WITH LARGE TIMBER OR COVERED WITH A SECOND GROWTH OF SMALL TREES AND BUSHES. THESE WERE SO THICKLY CROWDED AS TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PENETRATE AND WERE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO AFFORD A VIEW OF THE COUNTRY FROM THEIR TOPS. MUCH TIME WAS NECESSARILY SPENT IN SEARCHING FOR STATIONS THAT COULD BE INTERVISIBLE, AND AS THE ROADS WERE FEW AND VERY ROUGH, TRAVEL IN WAGONS OR ON HORSEBACK WAS VERY SLOW AND ALMOST ALL DETAILED EXAMINATIONS WERE MADE ON FOOT. THE SKETCH WAS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING WITH JUNE, 1883, WASHINGTON: U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURLVEY, 1884.

DATA IS FROM THE USC&GS ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL 1883 AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS SKETCH IS AN UPDATED AND REISSUED VERSION OF ONE THAT FIRST APPEARED IN THE USCGS ANNUAL REPORT OF FISCAL 1881-2 (SEE MAP # 382U6). THE MOST CONSPICUOUS CHANGE IS THE DATE IN THE TITLE. ALSO, SHADED SURFACES NOW INDICATE RESURVEYS. FURTHER REVISIONS AND REPUBLICATIONS OCCURRED IN FISCAL 1883-4 (SEE MAP # 384U6), AND FISCAL 1884-5 (SEE MAP # 385U5) AND FISCAL 1885-6 (SEE MAP # 386U5).

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A GOOD COPY ON THIN PAPER. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF B014-DHH AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-639. THE COLLECTION ALSO HAS COPIES OF THE 1882 STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-636, THE 1884 STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-637, THE 1885 STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399- 640, AND THE 1886 STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-635. ALL STATES HAVE ACQ. #S OF B014-DHH.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY, REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING WITH JUNE, 1883, WASHINGTON: U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY, 1884, 39-40, 80.

March 17, 1992


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