Coastal Survey of Matagorda Bay to Sabine Pass: Bache, 1854 117 Rumold Mercator based this map

Rumold Mercator based this map on his father's great world map of 1569

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government and one of the foremost scientific institutions in the country leading up to the Civil War

Coastal Survey of Matagorda Bay to Sabine Pass: Bache, 1854 117 Rumold Mercator based this mapMap of the Texas coast stretching from Matagorda Bay to Sabine Pass. Includes triangulations superimposed on map, labeled by section number and date surveyed. Also includes a sub sketch showing the progress of the survey of the Rio Grande and vicinity. Surveyor, scientist, and pioneering oceanographer A. D. Bache (1806 1867) served as the 6th Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey. Born in Philadelphia, he came from a prominent political family, and