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Choctawhatchee Inlet to Pensacola Entrance Nautical Chart, 1881

Coast chart no. 186 : Choctawhatchee Inlet to Pensacola Entrance, West Florida : report of Navy Yard Site Commission, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic coasts

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Title

Choctawhatchee Inlet to Pensacola Entrance Nautical Chart, 1881

Map Number

fmc0060

Source

State Library of Florida, Florida Map Collection, TRANSPORTATION NAUTICAL CHARTS 0018

Date

1881

Creator

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Additional Creators

Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Pierce, Benjamin, 1757-1839.
Gerdes, F. H.
Ogden, H. G.
Titman, O. H.
Phelps, John S. (John Smith), 1814-1886.
Patterson, C. P. (Carlile Pollock), 1816-1881.
Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891.
Brownson, Willard H. (Willard Herbert), 1845-1935.
United States. Navy Yard Site Commission.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, [1881]

Physical Description

1 map ; 47 x 72 cm., on sheet 50 x 75 cm.

Scale

Scale [ca. 1:84,480] (W 87°20'--W 86°45'/N 30°35'--N 30°20')

General Notes

Bathymetry shown by soundings in feet and fathoms and by gradient tints.
Issued in July, 1881, C.P. Patterson, superintendent.
Verification by J.E. Hilgard.
Re-survey of Pensacola Entrance by ... W.H. Brownson ... in 1881.
Includes tables and text regarding Lighthouse (Fla.)s, tides, soundings, bouys and weather.
Plate no. 1290.
Appendix J.

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Geographic Scope

Local Maps

Format

Nautical Charts

Language

Subjects

Bays--Florida--Maps, Bathymetric.
Choctawhatchee Bay--Maps, Bathymetric.
Coasts--Florida--Maps, Bathymetric.
East Bay (Fla.)--Maps, Bathymetric.
Escambia Bay (Fla.)--Maps, Bathymetric.
Nautical charts--Florida--Pensacola Bay.
Pensacola Bay (Fla.)--Maps, Bathymetric.

Counties (2)

Escambia County
Santa Rosa County

Choctawhatchee Inlet to Pensacola Entrance Nautical Chart, 1881

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Title

Choctawhatchee Inlet to Pensacola Entrance Nautical Chart, 1881

Subject

Nautical charts--Florida--Pensacola Bay.

Coasts--Florida--Maps, Bathymetric.

Bays--Florida--Maps, Bathymetric.

Pensacola Bay (Fla.)--Maps, Bathymetric.

Escambia Bay (Fla.)--Maps, Bathymetric.

East Bay (Fla.)--Maps, Bathymetric.

Choctawhatchee Bay--Maps, Bathymetric.

Creator

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Source

State Library of Florida, Florida Map Collection, TRANSPORTATION NAUTICAL CHARTS 0018

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, [1881]

Date

1881

Contributor

Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.

Pierce, Benjamin, 1757-1839.

Gerdes, F. H.

Ogden, H. G.

Titman, O. H.

Phelps, John S. (John Smith), 1814-1886.

Patterson, C. P. (Carlile Pollock), 1816-1881.

Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891.

Brownson, Willard H. (Willard Herbert), 1845-1935.

United States. Navy Yard Site Commission.

Format

nautical charts

Language

eng-US

Identifier

fmc0060

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

ImageID

fmc0060

Alt Title

Coast chart no. 186 : Choctawhatchee Inlet to Pensacola Entrance, West Florida : report of Navy Yard Site Commission, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic coasts

Physical Description

1 map ; 47 x 72 cm., on sheet 50 x 75 cm.

General Note

Bathymetry shown by soundings in feet and fathoms and by gradient tints.

Issued in July, 1881, C.P. Patterson, superintendent.

Verification by J.E. Hilgard.

Re-survey of Pensacola Entrance by ... W.H. Brownson ... in 1881.

Includes tables and text regarding Lighthouse (Fla.)s, tides, soundings, bouys and weather.

Plate no. 1290.

Appendix J.

Scope

Local

County

Escambia County (Fla.)

Santa Rosa County (Fla.)

Scale

Scale [ca. 1:84,480] (W 87°20'--W 86°45'/N 30°35'--N 30°20')

Chicago Manual of Style

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Choctawhatchee Inlet to Pensacola Entrance Nautical Chart, 1881. 1881. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323040>, accessed 19 May 2024.

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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Choctawhatchee Inlet to Pensacola Entrance Nautical Chart, 1881. 1881. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 19 May. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/323040>

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(State Archives of Florida/U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.)

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