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Pilot chart of the South Pacific

Title: Pilot chart of the South Pacific [cartographic material] / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D., Lieut. U.S. Navy ; Superin'dt. of U.S.N. Observatory ; compiled from materials in the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, Commodre Charles Morris, Chief of Bureau.
Author: Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
Publication: Washington, D.C. : United States Hydrographical Office, 1851-1859.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building S4 to submit a request in person.	sheet 2	Cartographic	Use in library	Map Div. 10-411 [rolled] sheet 2	Schwarzman Building S4 - Map Division Room 117
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building S4 to submit a request in person.	sheet 1	Cartographic	Use in library	Map Div. 10-411 [rolled] sheet 1	Schwarzman Building S4 - Map Division Room 117

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Description

< > maps; sheets 95 x 67 cm or smaller.

Alternative Title

South Pacific

Subjects

Genre/Form

Nautical charts.

Note

Shows prevailing wind direction by month.
Sheets 1 and 2, westernmost sheets, cover southern Indian Ocean.
Some sheets have inconsistent numbering sequence.
No. of maps for complete coverage not indicated.
"Series C."
The pilot charts were released as series C a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts," series A-F. These charts were designed for sailing ships and recorded wind direction observations made by mariners on previous voyages. For complete discussion, see "The wind and current chart series produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury," by Marc I. Pinsel, in Navigation : Journal of the Institute of Navigation, v. 28, no. 2 (Summer, 1981), p. 123-137.
Sheets individually numbered, e.g.: Series C. No. 1., Sheet 2. Series C; Sheets also numbered in upper left margin, e.g.: 60, 61.
Includes diagrams and notes in map area with signature of M.F. Maury.

Contents

Sheet 1 (1853) -- Sheet 2 (1853) -- Sheet 4 (1849), issued 1859 as sheet 1 -- Sheet 5 (1855), issued as sheet 2 -- Sheet 6 (1851), issued as 1856 as sheet 3, 2nd ed.

Call Number

Map Div. 10-411

LCCN

2010586380

OCLC

63795277

Author

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, cartographer.

Title

Pilot chart of the South Pacific [cartographic material] / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D., Lieut. U.S. Navy ; Superin'dt. of U.S.N. Observatory ; compiled from materials in the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, Commodre Charles Morris, Chief of Bureau.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : United States Hydrographical Office, 1851-1859.

Cartographic Data

Scale [ca. 1:8,850,000] (E 15°--W 70°/S 0°--S 65°).

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Wind and current charts.

United States. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography.

United States. Hydrographic Office.

United States Naval Observatory.

Sudoc No.

N 14.10/3 PS

Research Call Number

Map Div. 10-411 [rolled]

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