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The famous A

Description

The famous A.C. Veatch and Paul Smith map of the Mid-Atlantic continental slopewhich attracted great attention from the scientific world as it showed theresults of precision radio acoustic ranging navigation and acoustic sounding.With the exception of Hudson Canyon, none of the other canyons were known at thetime of publication of this map.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Collection

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
Bathymetric Maps Collection