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English: Contour map of Gulf of Mexico as sounded by the C&GS Steamer BLAKE between 1873 and 1875. Over 3,000 soundings went into this chart, most of the deep water soundings between taken by the Sigsbee Sounding Machine. This was the first realistic bathymetric map of any oceanic basin. In: "Three Cruises of the BLAKE" by Alexander Agassiz, 1888. P. 102. |
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| Source | NOAA Central Library Image ID: theb3785, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA (http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/theb3785.htm) |
| Author | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
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| 2012-02-10 19:48 | 700×462× (140294 bytes) | Palmeira | {{Information |Description = Contour map of Gulf of Mexico as sounded by the C&GS Steamer BLAKE between 1873 and 1875. Over 3,000 soundings went into this chart, most of the deep water soundings beween taken by the Sigsbee Sounding Machine. This was t |
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| current | 03:15, 21 March 2016 | | 700 × 462 (137 KB) | FastilyClone | Transferred from enwp |
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