This map, by Augustus Petermann, was the first bathymetric map of thePacific Ocean. Data was acquired by the CHALLENGER, the USS TUSCARORA, and theGerman research ship GAZELLE. Note the much denser sounding information on theTUSCARORA as the result
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Date: 1877
Credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Collection
Location: Pacific Ocean North
Subject: Exploration
Subject: Maps