Hampton Roads: Anchorage for Naval Vessels

by Virginia

$600 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare original coastal survey of Hampton Roads around Norfolk and Newport News including colored anchorage points and sections for the use of the the U.S. Navy. 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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