Waterspouts off the Atlantic coast of the United States. -- January and February, 1888 : Waterspouts in the western portion of the North Atlantic during January and February, 1888, with tracks of storms coincident with some of them. Supplement to the Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean for March, 1888. Everett Hayden, Division of Marine Meteorology. D.C. J. R. Bartlett, Commander, U.S.N. Hydrographer to the Bureau of Navigation.

• Main Authors: United States. Naval Oceanographic Office, United States. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Navigation, Hayden, Edward Everett, 1858-1932, Bartlett, J. R.
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department 1888
• Subjects: Nautical Charts; Weather; Pacific; North Atlantic
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Nautical chart of the North Atlantic Ocean representing January and February, 1888. Shows cities, coastlines, islands and sailing routes. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Indexed to indicate different steamships. Surrounded by descriptive text in the margins, authored by Everett Hayden. Black and white lithograph. Chart is 22 x 21 cm, on sheet 40 x 53 cm. Pilot chart : 1887-1889, published in 1889 by the U.S. Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. Gilt spine title and seal on front cover: Bibliothek Marinens. Verso to front cover has label - “Farvandsbeskr. B.II.a.l.” and stamp “Marinens Bibliotek, 2den Afdoling, Søkort-Arkivet . “ Volume comprised of 49 nautical charts of the North Atlantic Ocean on 40 leaves to plates - mostly double - with 10 charts on one plate together. Charts show cities, coastlines, islands, sailing routes, ocean currents, storm tracks, fog belts, equatorial rains, tropical cyclones and wind, as well as icebergs, ice fields and the limits of ice coverage. Data visualization illustrates wind force and directions. Descriptive text accompanies charts, covering topics such as weather, earthquakes, waterspouts, derelicts, dangerous navigation, shipwrecks and "unusual phenomena". Atlas depicts the ocean activity during each month from January, 1887, to December, 1889. In addition, other charts feature the derelict American schooner "W. L. White" and the St. Thomas-Hatteras Hurricane of September 3-12, 1889. For related works in the collection, see Pub List No. 14381.000 (Pilot chart. Dec. 1883. 1884-86), 14389.000 (Pilot chart. 1890-1893), 14890.000 (Pilot chart. 1894-1896) and 14891.000 (Pilot chart of the North Pacific Ocean).