Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, 1st Superintendent of the U.S. Survey of the Coast, 1841
via noaa.gov
Short excerpt below. Read at the original source.
Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, 1st Superintendent of the U.S. Survey of the Coast, 1841 February 23, 2026 Portrait of Ferdinand Hassler, founder and first Superintendent of the Coast Survey, in 1841. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library) Download Image 0 0 Off 0