‎Misisipi‎

‎ANNALES DE GEOGRAPHIE-BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE DE GEOGRAPHIE-N°311-JUILLET/SEPTEMBRE 1949‎

‎IN 8-PAGINATION DE 193 A 288-L'INDUSTRIE ITALIENNE ET SES PERSPECTIVES, 21P PAR JACQUELINE BEAUJEU GARNIER, 2 PLANCHES HT, 3 FIGURES-VIGNE ET COLONISATION EN ALGERIE, 10P PAR HILDEBERT ISNARD, 1 PLANCHE HORS TEXTE (QUELQUES ANNOTATIONS)-LA VALLEE ET LE DELTA DU MISSISSIPI (PREMIER ARTICLE), 13P PAR HENRI BAULIG-LES ECHANGES DE POPULATION A LA FRONTIERE ENTRE LA FRANCE ET LE TOURNAISIS, 8P PAR RENE SEVRIN-L'IMMIGRATION DES MUSULMANS NORDS-AFRICAINS EN FRANCE D'APRES LOUIS CHEVALIER, 3P PAR MARCEL LARNAUDE-(ETACA)‎

‎COUVERTURE SOUPLE ETAT BON‎

Referencia librero : ABE-1554718736112

‎Blick aus halber Höhe auf Mississippi mit Raddampfer und Floss, im Hintergrund Tafelberge, "Grand-Spirit-Tables (Lake Pepin)",‎

‎N.Y. H.Meyer, 1850 (ca.). Stahlstich n.d. Natur, Darst. 10,1 x 15,5 (excl. Text), Bll. 18,5 x 26 Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.+‎

Referencia librero : 4755AG

‎Blick aus halber Höhe auf Mississippi, in der Mitte des Flusses links Boot, gegenüber steiles Felsufer, Ufer mit Bäumen gesäumt, "Bluffs below St. Paul (Minnesota)",‎

‎New York, H. Meyer, 1850 (ca.). Stahlstich n.d. Natur, Darst. 15,5 x 10,4; Bll. 26,5 x 18,6 Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.+‎

‎St. Paul am oberen Mississippi, Hauptstadt des US-Staates Minnesota, mit Minneapolis zusammengewachsen, gegründet 1841.‎

Referencia librero : 4837AG

‎Blick aus halber Höhe auf Mississippi, in der Mitte kleine bewaldete Insel, links Raddampfer, "The Mississippi. Sunrise below St. Anthony's Falls",‎

‎New York, Meyer, 1856. Stahlstich nch der Natur, Darst. (excl. Text) 15,5 x 10,2; Bll. 24,5 x 18,5. Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.‎

‎St. Anthony- Fälle bei Minneapolis (Minnesota); Endpunkt der Mississippi-Schifffahrt.‎

Referencia librero : 5297AG

‎Blick aus halber Höhe auf Mississippi, in der Mitte kleine bewaldete Insel, li. Raddampfer, "The Mississippi, Sunrise below St. Anthony's Falls",‎

‎N.Y. H.Meyer, 1850 (ca.). Stahlstich n.d. Natur,, 15,5 x 10,5 Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.+‎

‎St. Anthony- Fälle bei Minneapolis (Minnesota); Ednpunkt der Mississippi-Schifffahrt.‎

Referencia librero : 2274AG

‎Blick aus halber Höhe auf Wasserfall, "Brown's Fall",‎

‎New York, H. Meyer, 1850 (ca.). Stahlstich n.d. Natur, 15,5 x 10,5 Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.+‎

Referencia librero : 956AG

‎Blick aus halber Höhe über Mississippi auf Uferwälder, li. Boot mit Indianern und Trapper, "The upper Mississippi",‎

‎New York, H. Meyer, 1856. Stahlstich n.d. Natur, Darst. 15,2 x 10,4; Bl. 26,4 x 18,5 Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.+‎

Referencia librero : 959AG

‎Blick von erhöhtem Ufer über den Mississippi auf Stadt, re. m Vgr. 2 Wanderer, auf dem Fluß reger Schiffsverkehr, in der MItte Raddampfer, "City of St. Louis",‎

‎N.Y. Appleton & Co. 1872. Stahlstich v. Warren, 23,5 x 14 Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.+‎

Referencia librero : 2278AG

‎La Domenica del Corriere 29 Maggio 1927 Volta Mississippi Negri Re a Napoli York‎

‎LA DOMENICA DEL CORRIERE Rivista Originale del 29 Maggio 1927 Anno 29 nr. 22 pagine: 16 dimensioni: 38 x 28 cm IN PRIMA PAGINA: Un tragico salto. Durante la "Corsa dei due giorni" tra Wels e Linz, nell'Alta Austria, una vettura con quattro persone è precipitata da un terrapieno alto 7 metri. Una signora è morta e gli altri sono rimasti feriti (Achille Beltrame) NELL'ULTIMA PAGINA: Fiamme sul mare. Il veliero "Ersilio" si incendiava mentre faceva rotta da Tunisi verso Malta. L'equipaggio veniva salvato da un altro veliero italiano (Achille Beltrame) ALL'INTERNO: I campioni di bellezza a Galveston. Vittorio Emanuele III a Napoli Un grandissimo italiano: Alessandro Volta Il principe ereditario passa in rivista le reclute a Torino New York: il regno dei grattacieli La morte del corridore Saetti durante il Circuito del Savio Marcella Battellini di Trieste nuovo astro di Hollywood Il dramma del Mississippi. Le nozze di Pola Negri. Chiome superstiti mentre regnano le forbici. CONDIZIONI DELLA RIVISTA: BUONE, NORMALI SEGNI DEL TEMPO, SOVRACOPERTINE MANCANTI NOTE PARTICOLARI: PICCOLI STRAPPETTI NEL BORDO DI ALCUNE PAGINE‎

‎LE JOURNAL DES VOYAGES-N°97-JEUDI 19 MAI 1927‎

‎FORMAT 21 CM X 29 CM-COUVERTURE COULEURS "LES HEROS", NUNGESSER ET COLI DEBOUTS DANS LA CARLINGUE DE LEUR AVION L'OISEAU BLANC-L'ENVOL VERS LE MYSTERE DE L'ATLANTIQUE,2P PAR JACQUES MORTANE,3 PHOTOS NUNGESSER ET COLI-A MOTOCYCLETTE AUTOUR DU MONDE,3P-UN FILM SUR TAHITI AVEC ALLOCUTION ET COMMENTAIRES,3P PAR E.DESDEMAINES HUGON,6 PHOTOS-LA MYSTERIEUSE ILE DE PAQUES,2P-L'AIR ET SA CONQUETE,4P-LES GRANDES EPREUVES CYCLISTES LE 20e PARIS-TOURS,2P PAR MAURICE SCHNEIDER,3 PHOTOS,CHATEAUDUN-LES MISSIONS SPECIALES AERIENNES PENDANT LA GUERRE,3P,3 PHOTOS PINSARD-NOTRE EMPIRE COLONIAL-LES CHASSEURS DE DANSES,4P PAR GASTON LEROUX-LA COLERE DU PERE DES EAUX,INONDATIONS MISSISSIPI ET TENNESSEE,3 PHOTOS‎

‎LAROUSSE COUVERTURE SOUPLE ETAT BON‎

Referencia librero : ABE-12237326686

‎(1861), Mississippi Convention‎

‎Journal of the State Convention and Ordinances and Resolutions Adopted in January 1861. With an Appendix‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 135557174X.G ISBN : 135557174X 9781355571742

‎(LOUISIANA -- MISSISSIPPI -- ARKANSAS -- Map)‎

‎Map of Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas‎

‎New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15" image area 10 3/4" X 13½". Hand colored. Very good. Light age toning only. Bold bright map of this trio of states from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Handsomely colored with fine decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 46890

‎(Mississippi) Houze, John S‎

‎Autograph Letter signed to John B. Byrne Esq. New Orleans. About Cat Island a barrier Island off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi‎

‎Augusta Mississippi 1837. 1 pp. 4to. Toned old folds else fine. 1 pp. 4to. Reads in part: "According to a promisee made to Mr. George Holley of Biloxi I have written to give you some information in relation to the claim to Cat Island in Consequence of Mr. Holley not being able to give me the name of the claimant." <br/><br/> unknown‎

Referencia librero : 250311

‎(Mississippi River) Taylor, Robert S‎

‎Improvement of the Mississippi River. an Address Delivered at St. Louis January 26 1884 and Two Articles Originally Published in the North American Review‎

‎St Louis: Mississippi River Improvement Committee of the Merchant's Exchange of St. Louis 1884. First edition thus. Map. 54 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Printed yellow wrappers minor edge chipping very good. First edition thus. Map. 54 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. <br/><br/> Mississippi River Improvement Committee of the Merchant's Exchange of St. Louis unknown‎

Referencia librero : 216651

‎(Mississippi Territory)‎

‎REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF ELECTIONS TO WHOM WAS REFERRED.THE CREDENTIALS OF NARSWORTHY HUNTER THE DELEGATE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY WITH DIRECTIONS TO REPORT WHETHER THE TERRITORY IS ENTITLED TO ELECT A DELEGATE WHO MAY HAVE A SEAT IN THE HOUSE. DECEMBER 16th 1801.‎

‎Washington 1801. 4pp. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript page inscription and early stain in upper outer corner not affecting text. Light offsetting. Else very good. 4pp. Dbd. Congressional report declaring that the Mississippi Territory in entitled to elect a delegate to Congress "with the right to debate but not to vote" and that Narsworthy Hunter has been duly elected to serve in that capacity in the Seventh Congress. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1539. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1539 <br/><br/> unknown‎

Referencia librero : 354337

‎-‎

‎Le sorgenti del Mississipi. Terremoto nell'Argentina.‎

‎Roma, Società Geografica Italiana, 1895, 8vo stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 68/70 . - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perché ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “extract” or “excerpt” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.‎

‎[African Americana]: [Mississippi]‎

‎Typed Letters Concerning Voting in Bolivar County Mississippi After World War II‎

‎Atlanta; Cleveland MS 1946. Very good. Two typed letters totaling 3pp. plus printed form completed in manuscript. Previously folded. Minor edge wear. Light tanning. A pair of typed letters that comprise an inquiry from Guy B. Johnson President of the Southern Regional Council and a response from Mrs. E.H. Green a resident of Bolivar County Mississippi concerning Black voting there in the July 1946 primary election. In his letter Johnson asks Green if she can corroborate stories in the Jackson Advocate that "all Negro votes were challenged" in Bolivar despite the fact that "Large numbers of Negroes were qualified to vote." Green responds that the votes of 241 qualified Blacks in Mound Bayou "the all Negro town" were all challenged on the basis that eligible African Americans had previously voted only in November general elections not primary elections. She also adds several observations from other districts in the county including the second where the votes of registered Blacks who appeared were also challenged and set aside. As a matter of prudence Green asks that "You do not give my name any publicity in this matter." The Southern Regional Council was a multiracial group founded in 1944 that sought equality and an end to racial violence. Also included with the two letters is a printed invitation for Mrs. E.H. Green to join the council with some information on its founding and goals. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 5498

‎[Air Force] [Keesler Field] [Mississippi] [World War II]‎

‎Keesler Field mississippi‎

‎San Antonio: Universal Press 1942. Soft cover. Very good. Stapled illustrated soft cover. 36 pages. Inside covers are illustrated. Illustrated with photographs of the training facility engineers downtown Biloxi barracks planes social life recreation etc. Photograph of the Biloxi Lighthouse on the back cover. From Keesler Air Force Base: ".In mid-1942 the Army Air Forces directed Keesler to focus upon the training of mechanics for B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. The school received its first B 24 in late September 1942. Six more arrived shortly thereafter and specialized B 24 maintenance training began on 19 October. Universal Press unknown‎

Referencia librero : 33861

‎[Albert-Montémont]‎

‎Histoire universelle des voyages effectués par mer et terre dans les cinqs parties du monde, sur les divers points du globe, contenant la description des moeurs, coutumes, gouvernements, cultes, sciences et arts, industrie et commerce, productions naturelles et autres. Revus et traduits par M. Albert-Montémont. Voyage en Amérique - Dix-neuvième siècle.‎

‎Paris, Armand-Aubrée, sans date (circa 1870) ; in-8, demi-veau glacé havane, dos lisse, faux nerfs dorés, fleurons décoratifs, titre doré ; (2), 451, (1) pp., 1 gravure aquarellée en frontispice.‎

‎Charnières fendues sur toute la longueur, petites épidermures au dos, rousseurs éparses. Notes manuscrites au stylo sur la garde.‎

Referencia librero : 12108

‎[Australia] Mississippi; Qatar; Afghanistan; Iran, Arabia‎

‎Geographical Memoir of Melville Island and Port Essington. Northern Australia; Observations on the Manners of the Inhabitants. the Southern Coast of Arabia. Volcanoes in Hawaii. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1834‎

‎London: Royal Geographical Society 1834. Paper wrappers pamphlet. Overall very good condition. Early RGS report in the original paper wrappers. It includes articles & maps on the failed settlement in North Australia "Geographical Memoir of Melville Island & Port Essington on the Cobourg sic Peninsula Northern Australia"; "Expeditions through the Upper Mississippi in 1832"; "Sketch showing the Routes of Lieutenants Conolly & Burnes" through India Pakistan Afghanistan Uzbekistan Iran down to the Persian Gulf where they travel through "Ormuz" straits. All three articles are illustrated by folding maps. 5pp letter towards the end about Volcanoes in Hawaii by David Douglas.<br /> <br /> This is in fine unopened uncut condition which we purchased from the RGS as they were deaccessing duplicate archives. Interestingly the list of publisher's offerings has a date of April 1837 which advertises Wellsted's account of his 1835 journey through Oman. He "reached areas which no European had previously seen and which were not visited again by Europeans for another hundred years" ODNB.<br /> <br /> 8vo gray paper wraps iv 129 - 422pp viii advertisements publisher's announcements of new books 4 maps and 2 lithographed plates bound in rear plates browned. Covers slt dusty. Volume the Fourth Part II complete in itself in original printed wrappers. Royal Geographical Society unknown‎

Referencia librero : 29276

‎[Civil War]. [Mississippi]‎

‎Archive of Correspondence Belonging to William H. Tabb a Soldier in the Confederate 14th Mississippi‎

‎Various locations 1865. About very good. Forty letters approximately 96pp. Many with original envelopes. Light wear and soiling old folds. In a legible hand. Together with twelve additional family letters and two military commissions. A wonderful archive of correspondence written home from the Confederate lines by William Henry Tabb of the 14th Mississippi Infantry. William Henry Tabb 1837-1864 was the son of a minister at the Choctaw Agency in Oktibbeha County Mississippi. In April 1861 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Agency Guards which were soon absorbed as a company in the 14th Mississippi Infantry. He was captured at Fort Donelson exchanged reached the rank of captain and was with his regiment when he suffered a fatal wound in the defense of Atlanta on August 5 1864. <br /> <br /> Tabb begins his letters with optimism. On August 1861 after training in Corinth Mississippi the regiment met with a parade in Huntsville en route to eastern Tennessee: "The women men and children were down to see us and a regiment turned out to do us honor. Such cheering from beautiful young ladies all along our way is enough to make men brave." On October 22 1861 he recounts the recent death by disease of his brother Thomas Tabb in Marion Alabama also of the 14th Mississippi calling him "my dearest friend on earth."<br /> <br /> Tabb was captured at Fort Donelson in February of 1862. Two of these letters were written from the Union prison at Johnson's Island near Sandusky Ohio. In May 1862 he writes: "We are not allowed to write what nor as much as we please. I have no friends to work for me see no indications of a general exchange or parole and it is almost impossible to escape from this island. It is amusing to see men one day Confederate officers and the next day cooking or around the wash tub. We have no servants. I am well treated have a plenty not a variety of food and clothing that we need issued to us." By September 24th he was back with his regiment in Mississippi: "The Yankees stole my shoes and I am wearing an old pr of boots. It appears that my conduct at Donelson has been very highly spoken of. Well I.tried to do my duty but I am sure I did nothing extra. Indeed our regt in my opinion fell little short of disgracing itself." He adds a word on the troubled home front situation: "Am sorry to hear that the Negroes have commenced stealing. I would very much like to see all that have behaved themselves and wd thrash those who have been stealing."<br /> <br /> On April 11 1863 he describes the recent Battle of Ponchatoula which other companies in his regiment participated in: "Rollins was sent out with ten of the company on our right wing to try to flank them. As soon as he commenced firing on them we attacked their center and they broke to run. They were zouaves red pants we never could catch them." He lamented the loss of his enslaved servant on June 7th near Yazoo City: "I expected John to come to me. I have become attached to John and don't know how to get along without him. I look for him every day now." Tabb had some great stories about Grant's efforts to take Jackson the Mississippi capital from which Johnston's Confederates performed a stealth evacuation. On the 19th and 20th of July 1863 he wrote: "All of the boys wanted to stay and fight but Grant had 80000 men and we had only 30000. It is true we were behind breastworks but they were not good and the place could be easily flanked. Johnson prepared to evacuate the place from the time we got there. The Yankees knew it. Not a word was spoken not a command given. The Yankees knew nothing of our leaving. Some of our men did not know we had left and were left behind but overtook us. I hear that the Yankees commenced shelling the town the other morning after we left and kept it up til 9 o'clock when some of the citizens hoisted the white flag and surrendered the place. They were vexed to know that we had left them without their knowing anything about it."<br /> <br /> Tabb had been away from the regiment for the start of the Atlanta campaign and on July 9 1864 he wrote: "I reached the command the evening of the 5th and found my company.8 miles from Atlanta. I found the men dirty and many of them with worn out clothes and not very good rations but all in good spirits and glad to see me. The people of Atlanta are leaving rapidly. They think the place will be evacuated. Do not be surprised if you hear it. We will not be whipped if we do leave it." This is Tabb's final letter in the collection. He was shot a month later. The group concludes with nine condolence letters and memorials. An October 1864 memoriam copied in 1894 recounted his death: "At the time he received the fatal shot he was commanding the brigade skirmishers & was just forming the line to proceed to the front. Though terribly mangled & in great pain he was calm & collected." He survived long enough to send farewell thoughts to his family and to regret "that I was not spared to see my country through her troubles." Also included are two of Tabb's military commissions in the Agency Rifles from the State of Mississippi: as Second Lieutenant on 24 April 1861 and as First Lieutenant on 25 December 1861. Both are signed by Governor John J. Pettus. In all a wonderful archive from a Confederate soldier who saw significant action and imprisonment during the war. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 6242

‎[CONFEDERATE MEMORIALNBATTLE ABBEY]. Headquarters Department East of the Mississippi‎

‎General Orders No. 4.‎

‎Columbus Miss.: Headquaters 1895. . Handbill 11 x 5 1/2 inches Two copies only located one at Virginia Historical and one at the University of South Caroline which came from a scrapbook put together by Col. Benjamin Franklin Eshleman 1830-1909 a West Point graduate born in Pennsylvania but moved to Louisiana as a child and fought on the Confederate side during the Civil War. The scrap book was a gift of Jack and Mindy Castles; Mr. Castle's grandfather having married a daughter of Eshleman. This copy has been digitized. The handbill contains a plea to Confederate Veterans to contribute to a fund for a memorial in Richmond: Battle "As well said by Comrade Rouss: "The mementos of the struggle of the South.are scattered broadcast over the country. Should they not be collected and provision be made for their preservation.Then as our ranks are being rapidly thinnned by the Scythe of Time let the comparatively few of us that remain at once take the matter in hand and labor for the realization of the prophetic vision and joyous hope of the patriot orator Senator Daniel of Virginia--in the consummation of a completed Battle Abbey.which would beÊÊAn undying memorial of the people who fought their own battles in their own way for their own liberty as they conceived it for their own independence as they desired it and who need give to the world no other reason why." Signed in print by two ex-Confederate generals Stephen D. Lee and Edward Turner Sykes. Columbus, Miss.: Headquaters, 1895. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 3395

‎[Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, & Louisiana]‎

‎Cape St. George to Mississippi Passes‎

‎Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1921. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of the Northern Gulf coast from Florida to Louisiana encompassing Panama City Rosemary Beach Seaside Grayton Destin Pensacola Gulf Shores Mobile Gulfport and the Mississippi Delta.<br/> <br/> 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 significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of the Gulf coasts of Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana and an important historical view of the developing states. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown‎

Referencia librero : 40729

‎[Hurricanes] [Gulf Coast] [Alabama] [Mississippi]‎

‎Camille Rips Gulf Coast." Circa 1969 scrapbook of photographs and ephemera relating to the hurricane‎

‎Unknown: n/a 1969. Album. Good. Scrapbook. Approx. 9.5" x 11.5" three ring black binder with title pasted down on the front cover. Back cover of the album has some scuff marks. Contents clean.<br /> <br /> Contents include 43 photographs mounted on black paper magazine and newspaper clippings a Gulf Coast map by Shell Gas Company and a written essay on the hurricane. Original photographs depict scenes of devastated buildings properties etc. A unique collection of visual and printed material regarding one of the most powerful and destructive hurricanes to hit the Gulf coast. n/a unknown‎

Referencia librero : 34699

‎[Louisiana & Mississippi]‎

‎Lake Borgne and Approaches: Cat Island to Point Aux Herbes‎

‎Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1920. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of coast between Louisiana and Mississippi and includes Lake Borgne Lake Ponchartrain the Mississippi Sound St Louis Bay Cat Island Long Beach and Gulfport.<br/> <br/> 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 significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is notable for its inclusion of Gulfport as it was gridded in 1920 and Cat Island a barrier island used for an undercover WWII program Dogs for Defense. Cat Island was chosen as the training camp dedicated to a specialized training program based off the untrue belief that dogs could differentiate humans by smell based on their cultural heritage. The top secret program attempted to train dogs to track and attack Japanese soldiers in the Pacific Theater and was held at Cat Island because of its similar terrain to that of the Pacific Islands and its uninhabited status. This operation was unsuccessful due to the incorrect assumption and shut down in 1944. This map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of the coastal border between Louisiana and Mississippi and is an important historical view of the developing Louisiana and Mississippi. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown‎

Referencia librero : 41182