Pilot chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. December 1886. Published monthly at the Hydrographic Office, Navy Department, Washington, 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, Bartlett, J. R.
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department 1886
• Subjects: Nautical Charts; Weather; Data Visualization; Pacific; North Atlantic
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Nautical chart of the North Atlantic Ocean representing December, 1886. Shows cities, coastlines, islands, sailing routes, ocean currents, storm tracks, equatorial rains, wind force and directions, as well as icebergs and the limits of ice coverage. Features shipwreck and whale sighting locations with dates of incidents. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, a legend and compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. Descriptive text throughout, including notes on earthquakes. With: Storm card : Northern Hemisphere. Colored engraving, with red and blue infographics. Chart is 53 x 68 cm, on double sheet 60 x 84 cm. Pilot chart : Dec. 1883. 1884-86, published in 1886 by the U.S. Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. Originally separate sheets, bound together here in dark brown board. 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 37 nautical charts of the North Atlantic Ocean. Charts show cities, coastlines, islands, sailing routes, ocean currents, storm tracks, equatorial rains, tropical cyclones and wind, as well as icebergs, ice fields and the limits of ice coverage. Charts feature shipwreck and whale sighting locations with dates of incidents. Data visualization illustrates wind force and directions. Descriptive text accompanies charts. Atlas depicts the ocean activity during each month from December, 1883, to December, 1886. For related works in the collection, see Pub List No. 14388.000 (Pilot chart. 1887-1889), 14389.000 (Pilot chart. 1890-1893), 14890.000 (Pilot chart. 1894-1896) and 14891.000 (Pilot chart of the North Pacific Ocean).