Main Entrance to Charlotte Harbor

by Florida

$850 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A rare original coastal survey of Charlotte Harbor including Boca Grande and the Charlotte Harbor estuary, Florida's second largest estuary and fabled home of mythical pirate Jose Gaspar during Florida's second Spanish period. 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

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