From Cape Canaveral Southward to Lat. 27° 41'

by Florida

$1,400 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare coastal survey of Florida from Port Canaveral to Vero Beach including Satellite Beach, Melbourne, and Palm Bay. Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline, create nautical charts of the coast, and help increase maritime safety since its founding, and has often played fascinating

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