Dessez, Jean Baptiste Leon
Jean Baptiste Leon Dessez (March 30, 1825 - May 17, 1895) was a French-born American civil engineer, surveyor, and hydrographer. Dessez's family were staunch royalists who only through luck managed to escape being guillotined during the French Revolution. Later, the family befriended and supported Napoleon Bonaparte. Jean Baptiste Leon Dessez, better simply known as Leon Dessez, emigrated to the United States in his youth and trained as a civil engineer. He was working in North Carolina when the U.S. Civil War began and he sided with the Confederacyand built fortifications around Richmond. Despite having joined the Confederacy, Dessez moved to Washington, D.C. after the war and spent the remained of his career at the U.S. Hydrographic Office.
Last Days of the Age of Sail.
North America Atlantic Coast of the United States Buzzard's Bay to Cape Lookout.
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This is a rare large-format 1890 nautical chart of the Atlantic Coast of the United States prepared by the U.S. Hydrographic Office. Among other interesting features, the chart has a very clear provenance, having been purchased by Captain Thomas R. Anderson for use aboard the ship Albania. (more details)