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Description |
Photograph of a map from a U.S. Coast Survey showing the California coast between Monterey and San Francisco Bay, 1864. At the right of the image are five individual drawings of coastal land masses, all with captions and arranged in a vertical line: the caption on the top one reads, "View of the Entrance to San Francisco Bay Alcatraz N.E. 1/2 E. (by Compass) 12 Miles"; the one below reads, "View Pt. Piedras bearing N. N. W. (Compass) 3 miles"; the one below reads, "View Pt. Ano Nuevo bearig S.E. by E. (Compass) 4 1/2 miles"; the one below reads, "View of Pt. Pinos N.3/4 E. (by compass) 5 Miles"; and the bottom one reads, "View of Pt. Sur bearing N.N. W. 1/4 W. (Compass) 4 miles". Compares to CHS-10000, CHS-10001 and CHS-10002; other maps of California coast from same coast survey.; The map of the coast is at the left of the image, stretching from the upper left corner diagonally to the middle of the bottom of the image, and it includes many place names (from top to bottom): Drake's Bay, San Pablo Bay, Vallejo, Benicia, Suisun Bay, Duxbury Reef, Table Mt., Ballemas Bay, Angel I., Mt. Diablo, Lt. Ho., Pt. Lobos, Alcatraz I, San Francisco, Oakland, Middle, Farallen, San Francisco Bay, Alameda, Pt. San Pedro, Union City, Pillar Pt., Half Moon Bay, Alviso, Black Mt., San Jose, Pigeon Pt., Pt. Ano Nuevo, Mt. Bache, Santa Cruz, Bay of Monterey, Pagaro River, San Jaun, Salinas River, Pt. Pinos, Monterey, Pt. Cypress, Mission of Carmel, Carmel Bay, Pt. Carmel, and Pt. Sur. |