Upshur, A. P.; Powell, Levin M. Survey of the Coast - Appalachicola to the Mouth of the Mississippi river (Doc. No. 220) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting A copy of the report of Lieutenant L. M. Powell, of the survey of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, from the Appalachicola to the mouth of the Mississippi river. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1842. First Edition. [11664]
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27th Congress, Second Session, House of Representatives, Doc. No. 220.
A report revealing the findings of the southern coast of the United States with considerations and recommendations of the defense of the same. Comparisons are made and discussed regarding the actions of the British when threatened by a sea invasion by Napoleon. Do fortifications protect a coast as well as do naval forces? Historical comparisons are made, and results discussed of other coastal battles & conquests, including at Algiers, the Cape of Good Hope, Carthagena, West India islands, Guadaloupe, Jamaica, Malta, Rio , Senegal, &c.
The writer strongly recommends that the United States depend upon a strong navy for the defense of its coasts, and not, primarily, upon fortifications.
