Mississippi River to Galveston

by Louisiana Texas, Mexico

$950 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare original coastal survey of Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana including Galveston, Beaumont, Sabine Lake, Marsh Island, Barrier Islands, New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain, and the Mississippi River. 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

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