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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:government_agency
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1878
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gptkbp:established
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1807
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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cartography
geodesy
oceanography
hydrography
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
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gptkbp:headquarters_location
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:mission
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survey and chart the coasts of the United States
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gptkbp:notableAction
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conducted geodetic surveys
produced nautical charts
supported Civil War mapping
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gptkbp:notableDirector
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gptkb:Alexander_Dallas_Bache
gptkb:Ferdinand_Rudolph_Hassler
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gptkbp:notableEmployee
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gptkb:James_Ferguson
gptkb:Benjamin_Peirce
gptkb:George_Davidson
gptkb:Louis_Agassiz
gptkb:John_Newland_Maffitt
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gptkbp:notablePublication
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gptkb:Annual_Reports_of_the_Superintendent_of_the_Coast_Survey
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:U.S._Department_of_the_Treasury
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Office_of_Coast_Survey
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:U.S._Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Blake_Plateau
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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U.S. Coast Survey
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