MAKE A MEME View Large Image Coast Survey Map of the Mississippi Delta - Geographicus - MissDelta-uscs-1874.jpg 1874 map of end of the Mississippi River Delta Plaquemines Parish Louisiana The culmination of nearly 15 years of intense survey work this is 1874 nautical ...
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Keywords: 1874 U.S. Coast Survey Map of the Mississippi Delta - Geographicus - MissDelta-uscs-1874.jpg 1874 map of end of the Mississippi River Delta Plaquemines Parish Louisiana The culmination of nearly 15 years of intense survey work this is 1874 nautical chart is possibly the most attractive and dramatic map of the Mississippi River Delta to emerge from the U S Coast Survey Due to the quick and dramatic changes in the Delta area due to sudden storms and hurricanes charting the Mississippi Delta was one of the U S Coast Survey's most daunting tasks Details the course of the Mississippi River from Quarantine bay southward to where it divides into numerous passes and bays Names Grand Bay Bird Island Sound West Bay East Bay Garden Island Bay Blind Bay Bull Bay and Bay Rondo Also offers some inland detail noting Fort Jackson Fort St Philip various farms several canals numerous bayous and important lighthouses Thousands of soundings in feet Notes on tides sailing instructions and commentary on the chart appear in the upper left quadrant The triangulation topography and hydrography for this work is largely the work of F H Gerdes Ch H Boyd Guthrie and their assistants The work of surveying the Mississippi Delta was commenced at the instigation Superintendent of the Survey A D Bache but not fully realized until the tenure of Benjamin Peirce 1874 dated Size in 33 5 41 object history credit line accession number MissDelta-uscs-1874 <i>Report of the Superintendant of the U S Coast Survey </i> 1874 edition Geographicus-source PD-art United States Coast Survey maps Maps of Plaquemines Parish Louisiana Old maps of Louisiana 1874 maps 1874 in Louisiana
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