North America--West Coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id., showing the boundary line between British & American possessions : from the Admiralty Surveys by Captains H. Kellett, R.N., 1847 & G.H. Richards, R.N., 1858-62 (1862)<br>Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id. (1862)

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Title

North America--West Coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id., showing the boundary line between British & American possessions : from the Admiralty Surveys by Captains H. Kellett, R.N., 1847 & G.H. Richards, R.N., 1858-62 (1862)<br>Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id. (1862)

Subject

Nautical charts -- Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)

Description

1 map : hand col. ; 71 x 112 cm.<br>"Drawn by Edward J. Powell of the Hydrographic Office."<br>Depths shown by soundings<br>Relief shown by hachures and spot heights<br>"Soundings in fathoms."<br>Shows detailed topography and bathymetry of the Straits of Juan de Fuca and waters between Straits of Georgia and Admiralty Inlet. Identifies islands, coastal features, reefs. banks, kelp beds, point of anchorage and mountain peaks. Also gives information on lighthouses, bottom types and tides. Boundary line is shaded red on the side of British possessions, blue on the side of the American possessions<br>Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1594 (43-1) H.exdoc. 1, map 1<br>Scale ca. 1:165,000 (W 124°5000--W 122°2500/N 49°0500--N 48°0500)

Creator

Great Britain. Hydrographic Office<br>Powell, Edward J.

Source

University of Washington Libraries Government Publications Section

Publisher

Washington : G.P.O.

Date

1874

Contributor

University of Washington Libraries Map Collection

Rights

This image may be freely downloaded and used. Please give credit to the University of Washington Libraries.

Relation

Removed from: Message of the President of the United States, with the accompanying documents, transmitted to the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the forty-third Congress. Washington : G.P.O., 1873. (Ex. Doc. / 43d Congress, 1st Session, House ; no 1, pt. 1)

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Maps<br>Nautical charts

Identifier

uwm13<br>Y 1.1/2: Serial 1594 map 1

Coverage

Northwest Coast of North America -- Strait of Juan de Fuca
Northwest Coast of North America -- Georgia Strait
Northwest Coast of North America -- Haro Strait

Citation

Great Britain. Hydrographic Office<br>Powell, Edward J., “North America--West Coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id., showing the boundary line between British & American possessions : from the Admiralty Surveys by Captains H. Kellett, R.N., 1847 & G.H. Richards, R.N., 1858-62 (1862)<br>Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id. (1862),” Digital Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/1607.