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Bathymetric Maps
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Station observations of the Surveying Brig DOLPHIN in the SouthAtlantic in what was called the Volcanic Region.
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Track of the Surveying Brig DOLPHIN from September 1851 to July 1852. Thistrack chart contains depth information, currents, winds, and other observations. It could be fair to say that U.S. Navy deep sea oceanography began with thiscruise ordered by
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Early bathymetric and geologic map of the English Channel area by PhilippeBuache in 1752. Contours were used to express depth of the water before beingused to express elevation.
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Survey track of the Coast Survey Steamer HASSLER on the coast of Californiashowing depth profiles of the continental slope. Survey was run in 1874 andmeant to determine the 500 fathom curve.
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Explanatory note crediting George Davidson andIsaac Winston. Note protrusion offf Cape Mendocino indicating early soundingson the Mendocino Escarpment. Note indication of canyon in Monterey Bay. TheSierra Nevada, the Cascade Volcanoes, Basin and Ra
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George Davidson' 3d view of the western United States and the continental shelfand slope.
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Bathymetrical Chart of the Oceans Showing theDeeps According to Sir JohnMurray. Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
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Bathymetrical Chart of the Oceans Showing theDeeps According to Sir JohnMurray. Pacific Ocean.
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Admiralty Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean showing bathymetrical colouring by Sir John Murray and R. E. Peake. Incorporating soundings by S.S. Faradayand S.S. Minia 1903 and soundings at the Azores by the Prince of Monaco 1902.
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Inset maps of Admiralty Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean showing soundingsby S.S. Minia 1903 and S.S. Faraday 1903. These soundings were taken witha piano-wire sounding system and represented a number of days work for each shipto acquire soundings
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From Depths of the Ocean - Bathymetrical Chart of the Oceans showing theDeeps According to Sir John Murray.
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Title to map published in Congressional Report depicting work of Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS in conducting deep sea soundings for a telegraphic cablesurvey. This map is very modern in appearance and was among the first to depictindividual stan
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Three-dimensional image of Monterey Canyon, termed a gully in this image.This image is the first attempt to depict a 3-dimensional view of a submarinecanyon and incorporated soundings from the Coast and Geodetic Survey and theFish Commission. This h
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Portion of map in Congressional Report depicting work of Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS in conducting deep sea soundings for a telegraphic cablesurvey. This map is very modern in appearance and was among the first to depictindividual stand-alone
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Portion of map in Congressional Report depicting work of Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS in conducting deep sea soundings for a telegraphic cablesurvey. This map is very modern in appearance and was among the first to depictindividual stand-alone
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Portion of map in Congressional Report depicting work of Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS in conducting deep sea soundings for a telegraphic cablesurvey. This map is very modern in appearance and was among the first to depictindividual stand-alone
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Map of Geology of the Sea Bottom in the Approaches to New York Bay. Thismap depicts the upper reaches of Hudson Canyon and the remnants of a valley incontinental shelf. This early physiographic map was published in the Coast andGeodetic Survey Annu
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A German map of the seafloor in the equatorial western Pacific. Uses the termgraben for modern day trench. This map was included in: Das Deutsche Kolonialreich, by Hans Meyer, 1909. Vol II, p. 496.Library Call Number: Cfd M612 d
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Contour map of Gulf of Mexico as sounded by the C&GS; Steamer BLAKEbetween 1873 and 1875. Over 3,000 soundings went into this chart, most of thedeep water soundings beween taken by the Sigsbee Sounding Machine. This was thefirst realistic bathymetr
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Soundings from the Sigsbee Sounding Machine in the Gulf of Mexico.
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