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Soundings taken by the first USS ENTERPRISE exploration vessel under the command of Captain Albert S. Barker. This was the first U.S. ship to specificallycircumnavigate the globe on a sounding and temperature measuring expedition.Note the shoal area at approximately 29 N 34 W. This was originally calledthe Barker Rise but is now called the Rio Grande Rise. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Collection)