The coast mappers

By Taylor Morrison

Subjects: History, United states, coast and geodetic survey, Maps, United States Coast Survey, Cartography, Cartography, juvenile literature, United states, history, 19th century, United states, maps, Surveying, United states, history, juvenile literature

Description: Chronicles the difficulties encountered by George Davidson and others as they attempted to create nautical charts to complete the U.S. Coast Survey of the West Coast in the mid-nineteenth century. This book chronicles the difficulties encountered by George Davidson and others as they attempted to create nautical charts to complete the U.S. Coast Survey of the West Coast in the mid-nineteenth century.