Approaches to Blue Hill Bay and Eggemoggin Reach

by Maine

$550 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare original coastal survey of Blue Hill Bay including Swans Island, Deer Isle, Mt Desert, and Tremont. 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 often played fascinating roles in

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