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Soundings taken by the first USS ENTERPRISE exploration vessel under the command of Captain Albert S

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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.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Collection

Display Date

1883-1886

Location

Atlantic Ocean South

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
Bathymetric Maps Collection

Keywords

Exploration
Maps