Western Approach to Pensacola Bay

by Florida, Alabama

$750 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare original coastal survey of Florida and Alabama from Pensacola Bay showing Perdido Bay including Pensacola, Perdido Key, and Orange Beach. 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

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