Mississippi River from the Passes to Grand Prairie

by Louisiana

$750 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A rare original coastal survey of the end of the Mississippi River as it splits into passes of the Bird's Foot Delta into the Gulf of Mexico. 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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