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Pilot chart of the North Pacific

Title
Pilot chart of the North 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, Commodore Charles Morris, Chief of Bureau.
Author
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
Publication
Washington : United States Naval Observatory, 1852-1853.

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sheet 6CartographicUse in library Map Div. 11-520 [rolled] sheet 6Schwarzman Building S4 - Map Division Room 117
sheet 5CartographicUse in library Map Div. 11-520 [rolled] sheet 5Schwarzman Building S4 - Map Division Room 117
sheet 3CartographicUse in library Map Div. 11-520 [rolled] sheet 3Schwarzman Building S4 - Map Division Room 117
sheet 2CartographicUse in library Map Div. 11-520 [rolled] sheet 2Schwarzman Building S4 - Map Division Room 117
sheet 1CartographicUse in library Map Div. 11-520 [rolled] sheet 1Schwarzman Building S4 - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Morris, Charles, 1784-1856.
  • United States. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
  • United States. Hydrographic Office
  • United States Naval Observatory
Description
6 maps; sheets 95 x 62 cm
Alternative Title
North Pacific
Subject
  • Winds > North Pacific Ocean > Charts, diagrams, etc
  • Winds > Indian Ocean > Charts, diagrams, etc
  • Nautical charts > North Pacific Ocean
  • Nautical charts > Indian Ocean
  • North Pacific Ocean > Charts, diagrams, etc
  • Indian Ocean > Charts, diagrams, etc
Genre/Form
Nautical charts.
Note
  • Shows prevailing wind direction by month.
  • Sheets 1 and 2 cover northern Indian Ocean.
  • "Series C."
  • Sheets individually numbered, e.g.: Series C No. 1., Sheet no. 2. Series C; sheets also numbered in upper left margin, e.g.: 66, 67, 68, 70, 71.
  • The pilot charts were released as series C 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.
  • Includes diagrams and notes in map area with signature of M.F. Maury.
Contents
Sheet 1. 1853 -- sheet 2. 1853 -- sheet 3. 1853 -- sheet 5. 1852 -- sheet 6. 1852.
Call Number
Map Div. 11-520
LCCN
2010586381
OCLC
666700485
Author
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, cartographer.
Title
Pilot chart of the North 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, Commodore Charles Morris, Chief of Bureau.
Imprint
Washington : United States Naval Observatory, 1852-1853.
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:8,850,000] (E 50⁰--W 75⁰/N 60⁰--N 0⁰).
Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Morris, Charles, 1784-1856.
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Wind and current charts.
United States. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography.
United States. Hydrographic Office.
United States Naval Observatory.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 11-520 [rolled]
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