Pilot chart of the North Atlantic Ocean : December, 1889. Division of Marine Meteorology, H. M. Witzel, Lieut. U.S.N. Marine Meteorologist, Everett Hayden. Published monthly at Hydrographic Office, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. Henry F. Picking, Captain, U.S.N. Hydrographer.
Nautical chart of the North Atlantic Ocean representing December, 1889. Shows cities, coastlines, shoals, depths, islands, sailing routes, ocean currents, storm tracks, fog belts, equatorial rains, wind force and directions, as well as ice fields, icebergs and the limits of ice coverage. Includes la...
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U.S. Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department
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| Summary: | Nautical chart of the North Atlantic Ocean representing December, 1889. Shows cities, coastlines, shoals, depths, islands, sailing routes, ocean currents, storm tracks, fog belts, equatorial rains, wind force and directions, as well as ice fields, icebergs and the limits of ice coverage. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, a legend and compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. Descriptive text throughout, such as reports on weather, barometric pressure, the total solar eclipse of December 22, 1889, drifting buoys, the removal of dangerous derelicts and storm signals. Insets: North Atlantic storms : June and October, lat. 23° to 55° . -- June and October, lat. 20° to 23° -- June and October, lat. 10° to 20° -- Storm signals, Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States. Colored lithograph, with infographics overlaid upon geography. Chart is 53 x 75 cm, on double sheet 60 x 82 cm. "The variation is for 1888." 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 ... |
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