Plan of Monterey on [sic] California / by Don Josef Tobar y Tamara, 7th December 1786 ; [copied by] George Davidson. 1904.

Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6np30jx (person)

Hydrographer and author. Entered the service of the East India Co., and became a hydrographer in 1779. Through the work of Dutch and French navigators and cartographers Dalrymple was convinced that the southern continent existed. His charts and work were esteemed by the early navigators in Australian waters. A Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers of Alexander Dalrymple, 1784-1806 [manuscript]. 1784-1806. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225644314 ...

Tobar y Tamariz, Josef.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wm2nb6 (person)

Davidson, George, 1825-1911

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64t6hps (person)

Biography George Davidson - geodesist, astronomer, geographer and engineer - was born in Nottingham, England, on May 9, 1825. In 1832 he came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Pennsylvania. Upon graduation from Central High School, Philadelphia, he was appointed magnetic observer at Girard College Observatory. In 1845 he began his career with the United States Coast Survey as clerk to Superintendent Alexander D...