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Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, 1770-1843
Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler was appointed the first Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast by President Madison in 1816. Born in Aarau in Switzerland in 1770, Hassler emigrated to the United States in 1805 after French occupation of his home-land hampered his professional amibitions. In 1807, he responded to a request made by the American Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin, for proposals to survey the coast of the United States.
Translation From the German of the Memoirs
Excerpt from Translation From the German of the Memoirs: Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, 1877; With Supplementary Documents Published 1882 The speeches made in Congress show, that, in fact there never were two ways of thinking on the Coast Survey among those who were competent judges of the subject. I have given the pro and con, let the reader form his own opinion. All men capable of judging the question in Europe as well as in the United States, were Mr Hassler's warm friends. I could give many more documents to prove what I'ad vance, but the limits of this work will not allow me to produce them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find ...
Coast Lines
In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious challenges to all aspects of coastal existence—chiefly economic, residential, and environmental—as well as to the cartographic definition and mapping of coasts. It is this facet of coastal life that Mark Monmonier tackles in Coast Lines. Setting sail on a journey across shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, Monmonier reveals that coastlines are as much a set of ideas, assumptions, and societal beliefs as they are soli...
"Realms of Gold"
This volume is a catalog of the rich & extensive collection of maps in the Library of the American Philosophical Soc. (APS) in Philadelphia. it contains information on some 1,750 printed maps, over 1,000 manuscript maps, 136 atlases, two globes, & one model. Murphy Smith began this project in 1985 shortly after he retired from his long career as Associate Librarian of the Society, when Librarian Edward C. Carter II named him Andrew W. Mellon Sr. Research Fellow. Smith came to be recognized as one of the most knowledgeable & helpful historical RCRA librarians in the country. Illustrations.
