NOTES ON THE GULF STREAM [caption title]. Revised to 1854, and communicated by authority of the Treasury Department

First separate edition [from Blunt's American Coast Pilot, 1857, pp. 47-53]. 8vo. pp. [47]-53 pp. [p. 52 blank]. Folding "Chart of the Gulf Stream" (from Florida to Long Island) slight tear where attached; folding plate of tables with some foxing. Last two pages and the folding plate have old tidelines. "Taken as a whole, Bache's instructions [for the survey of the Gulf Stream] encompass physical, chemical, geological, and biological oceanography. He also touched on the interaction of meteorology and oceanography . the underlying philosophy of observation and parameters to be observed remains the same for today's oceanographers as they were for Bache's captains" (NOAA online). OCLC locates nine copies, none in southern research institutions. Lacks wrappers.