- Title: Petaluma and Napa Creeks California
- Author: A. D. Bache
- Date: 1861
- Medium: Engraving
- Condition: Good - age toning, wear along fold lines, old adhesive residue in margins
- Inches: 21 x 31 [Image]
- Centimeters: 53.34 x 78.74 [Image]
- Product ID: 3110008
Petaluma
And Napa Creeks
California
From a Trigonometrical Survey
under the direction of A. D. Bache Superintendent of the
Survey of the Coast of the United States
Triangulation by G. A. Fairfield and A. F. Rodgers Assts. Coast Survey
Topography by A. F. Rodgers Assistant
Hydrography by the Party under the command of
James Alden Comdr. U. S. N. asst.
Scale 1/30,000
1861
Map depicting Petaluma and Napa Creeks near the Petaluma City and Napa City, California. Contains an inset titled 'Continuation of Napa Creek' which shows the city of Vallejo and Mare Island.
Surveyor, scientist, and pioneering oceanographer A. D. Bache (1806-1867) served as the 6th Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey. Born in Philadelphia, he came from a prominent political family, and was the great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Under his leadership, the Coast Survey’s operations grew significantly, expanding from nine to seventeen states as it surveyed the Gulf and West Coasts. Bache ran meticulous studies relating to ocean currents, tides, and the earth’s magnetic field, endeavors which provided in-depth knowledge about U.S. coastal geography. Thanks to Bache, the Coast Survey evolved into an immense resource for the U.S. government and one of the foremost scientific institutions in the country leading up to the Civil War.