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Title: The Harbour of San Francisco, Nueva California [on sheet with] The Entrance of San Francisco Harbour [and selection of coastal profiles and views] Author: Beechey, Frederick William Place: London Publisher: Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty Date: 1833 Description: Engraved charts and views on one sheet. Together 31.4x39.3 cm (12¼x19½") plus margins. Very rare and important chart of San Francisco Bay, the result of the first scientific mapping of the Bay. Neil Harlow states that the chart "had a wide influence upon later maps of the area. The chart, with copies and adaptations of it, served to the end of the Mexican period and formed the substantial basis of the earliest ones produced under the American regime. It was deficient only in the region beyond Carquinez Strait..." Harlow notes the chart of the entrance contains "additional hydrographic data pertinent to entering the port and reaching the chief places of anchorage. Accompanying the chart are elevation views depicting the approaches to the bay and the hazards to navigation." No copies are listed in OCLC/WorldCat. Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte Full title: The Harbour of San Francisco, Nueva California. by Captn. F. W. Beechey, R. N. F.R.S. 1827, & 8. Variations 15º. 30' E._ Dip 62º. 35' High Water full & Change 10h. 34m. Spring Tides rise 8, feet. Neap Tides 2 feet, at Yerba Buena Cove. | ( Seal of Hydrographical Office ) | (Inset:) The Entrance of San Francisco, Harbour. Fort { 37º 48' 30" N. 122º 27" 23" W. | [Recognition views, and Marks for the Blossom Rock] | London: Published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty March 20th 1833. | J. & C. Walker Sculpt. | 591 Watermark: "Reese & Turners 1844". Provenance: Douma, Cat 28, 10/84 References: Harlow, Maps of S.F. Bay, 20 & 21, ( Rep ). TMC, 12/83 & 3/84, ( Rep ) - two articles on Admiralty charts. Orozco y Berra, 1433. Lot Amendments Condition: Six spots of glue residue on verso at margins from previous mounting, not visible on the recto; fine. Item number: 265053