Hudson River: Days Point to Fort Washington Point

by New York, New Jersey

$950 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare original coastal survey of the Hudson River including New York City from 53rd St to Fort Washington Park, Weehawken, and Edgewater as well as potential anchorage points in the Hudson for Naval use. 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,

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