(Excerpt from A Series of Charts: With Sailing Directions,...)
Excerpt from A Series of Charts: With Sailing Directions, Embracing Surveys of the Farallones, Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco In making the surveys, I had the valuable aid of competent assistants, and the results of our arduous labors may be relied on as strictly cor rect. The charts based on these results have been carefully prepared by skillful hydrographers, under my immediate supervision. I humbly hope and believe, they will prove of great benefit to all navigators of these waters, and that they will be found in other respects of general utility. And I rejoice, sincerely, it is in my power, by the publication of the series of charts, to contribute something to the stock of useful in formation, in relation to this important and interesting portion of our country. I have decided to inscribe the charts to you. Your intimate connec tion with the Pacific steam mail line, the acknowledged commercial and general advantages which have resulted from its early and successful establishment, and the large and beneficial agency of that line, in the development of the vast resources of California, would, of themselves, have strongly disposed me to Offer you this testimony of my sincere res pect. Another consideration. Personal in its character, combines with the one just stated, in controlling my decision. You did me the honor, some few years since, to invite me to take charge of the steamer Cali fornia, the pioneer of your line, and to conduct her in safety to her des tination; and although I was prevented, by official duty, from com pliance with your request, I have not forgotten the kind terms in which the invitation was communicated. I make the inscription, therefore, in testimony, also, of my sincere esteem. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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