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Philippe Vandermaelen, Grand Banc de Terre Neuve (1827)
Philippe Vandermaelen, Grand Banc de Terre Neuve (1827), 1827
Part of: Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique
Extensive annotation describing the various fisheries and…
Tags: Atlantic, extraction, Grand Banks, harvest, Newfoundland, resource
Heber S. Thompson ("Engineer, Girard Estate"), Map showing the timber leases on the Girard Estate in Schuylkill & Columbia Co's, Pa. (1878)
Heber S. Thompson ("Engineer, Girard Estate"), Map showing the timber leases on the Girard Estate in Schuylkill & Columbia Co's, Pa. (1878), 1878
col. map 27 x 62 cm. Shows collieries and land holdings. "To accompany the report of the Board of Directors of City Trusts, January 1st, 1879."…
Tags: extraction, nineteenth century, Pennsylvania
Matthew F. Maury, Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Depot of Charts and Instruments (later the U.S. Naval Observatory) from 1842 to 1861. "Father of the science of oceanography.", Whale Chart (1851)
Matthew F. Maury, Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Depot of Charts and Instruments (later the U.S. Naval Observatory) from 1842 to 1861. "Father of the science of oceanography.", Whale Chart (1851), 1851
Matthew F. Maury and United States Naval Observatory, “Whale Chart” (1851) 1 map : col. ; 64 x 122 cm.
Tags: extraction, ocean, United States, whaling