Pilot chart of the North Atlantic Ocean : September, 1890. Date of publication, August 29. 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 September, 1890. Shows cities, coastlines, shoals, depths, islands, sailing routes, ocean currents, storm tracks, weather forecasts, fog belts, equatorial rains, wind force and directions, as well as ice fields, icebergs and the limits of ice c...

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Main Authors: United States. Naval Oceanographic Office, United States. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Navigation, Witzel, H. M. (Horace Mark), 1858-1927, Hayden, Edward Everett, 1858-1932, Picking, Henry F. (Henry Forry), 1840-1899
Format: Map
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Published: U.S. Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department 1890
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Summary:Nautical chart of the North Atlantic Ocean representing September, 1890. Shows cities, coastlines, shoals, depths, islands, sailing routes, ocean currents, storm tracks, weather forecasts, 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, hurricanes, dangerous obstructions to navigation along the coast, ice, and signals for information, storms and nighttime. Insets: Surface temperatures : 1st half of August, 1890 -- Surface temperatures : 2nd half of August, 1890 -- 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 54 x 80 cm, on double sheet 61 x 86 cm. "The variation is for 1890." Pilot chart : 1890-1893, published in 1893 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 78 nautical charts of the North Atlantic Ocean on 55 leaves to plates - mostly double - with multiple charts together on certain plates. Charts show cities, coastlines, islands, sailing routes, ocean currents, storm tracks, weather forecasts, 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, solar eclipses, proposed steamship routes, derelicts, dangerous navigation and the use of oil on seas. Atlas depicts ...