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3-D view of the Gulf of Mexico, Eastern U

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3-D view of the Gulf of Mexico, Eastern U.S., and Western Atlantic.This is probably the first 3-dimensional seafloor view ever constructed. It waspublished in Three Cruises of the BLAKE, by Alexander Agassiz, 1888. P. 94.Library Call Number QH 93.A26 1888 v.1.

Credit

NOAA Central Library

Display Date

1885?

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

Nautical Charting

Bathymetry - Mapping the Features

Pre-1920

Keywords

Charting

Soundings

Bathymetry

Mechanical