Ossabaw Sound: Vernon and Ogeechee Rivers

by Georgia

$250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare original coastal survey of Ossabaw Sound including Ossabaw Island, Skidaway Island, Wassaw National Wildlife Rescue, and the Vernon and Ogeechee Rivers. 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

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