Transatlantic steamship routes. Supplement to the Pilot chart of the North Atlantic Ocean, December, 1891. Division of Marine Meteorology, H. M. Witzel, Lieut. U.S.N. Marine Meteorologist, Everett Hayden. Published monthly at the Hydrographic Office, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. Richardson Clover, Lieut. Comdr., U.S.N., Hydrographer.

• 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, Clover, Richardson
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department 1891
• Subjects: Nautical Charts; Weather; Data Visualization; Pacific; North Atlantic
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Nautical chart of the North Atlantic Ocean representing transatlantic steamship routes in December, 1891. Shows cities, coastlines, shoals, islands. and wind. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. With descriptive text divided into sections entitled "Eastward" and "Westward". Inset: Table of distances in nautical miles. Black and white lithograph. Chart is 27 x 55 cm, on sheet 42 x 61 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 the ocean activity during each month from January, 1890, to December, 1893. In addition, other charts feature ice in the North Atlantic, as well as the drift of bottle papers, and instructions for shipwrecks. For related works in the collection, see Pub List No. 14381.000 (Pilot chart. Dec. 1883. 1884-86), 14388.000 (Pilot chart. 1887-1889), 14890.000 (Pilot chart. 1894-1896) and 14891.000 (Pilot chart of the North Pacific Ocean).