Excerpt, Report of the General Survey in the Southern District of North America and the Atlantic Pilot

Author

John William Gerard de Brahm
Nicole Fritz
Heather Wiseman
Gail Busjahn

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Publication Date

January 1771

Abstract

"Penned during a hiatus in 1771 from John William de Brahm's position as The Surveyor General of the Southern District of North America, he wrote the most popular of these volumes “Report on The General Survey.” The Atlantic Pilot, published in England in 1772, helped increase the British awareness of the coasts and geographical surroundings. Honoring the King’s orders, De Brahm made discoveries and surveyed the seas mapping and recording the safe navigation for future shipping."

Keywords

Navigation, Coastlines, Rivers

Extent

16 pages

Geographic Location

St. Johns River (Fla.); Amelia Island (Fla.)

Original Language

English

Language

English

Media Type

Excerpts

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

EVF_0035

Type

Article

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

de Brahm, John William Gerard; Fritz, Nicole; Wiseman, Heather; and Busjahn, Gail, "Excerpt, Report of the General Survey in the Southern District of North America and the Atlantic Pilot" (1771). Early Visions Bucket. 35.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/early_visions_bucket/35