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Comparison Of 1770 Map With 1913 Usgs Map And 2016 Satellite Imagery Of The Monterey Bay Area

Historical and Contemporary Comparison Maps

A [draft] comparison of the Monterey Bay area over a 246-year time span using: a) 1770 Spanish map prepared by cartographer Miguel Constanzó of the Port of Monterrey in which he identified landmarks and potential locations for anchoring ships, including Point Pinos, sheltered anchorage (except from the north-northwest winds), the site for the Mission and Presidio de San Carlos, several lagoons and an estuary that were filled by the tide; b) 1913 U.S.Geological survey of approximately the same region; and c) 2016 satellite imagery of the Monterey Bay.