(Composite Map to) Wind and current chart of the North Atlantic : 3d. Edition 1852, Series A. By M.F. Maury L.L.D. Lieut. U.S. Navy. Superintdt. of U.S.N. Observatory, Washington. Compiled from materials in the Bureau of Ordinance and Hydrography. Commodore Lewis Warrington, Chief of Bureau. Drawn by Lt. W.B. Whiting, U.S.N. 1852. Engrd by Sherman & Smith, N.Y. Colored tracks lithod. by Wm. Endicott & Co., N.Y.

• Main Authors: Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, Warrington, L. (Lewis), 1782-1851, Whiting, William B., Sherman & Smith, W. Endicott & Co.
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department 1852
• Subjects: Nautical Charts; Weather; Data Visualization; North Atlantic
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Composite nautical chart representing the North Atlantic Ocean. In eight consecutive sheets. Shows place names, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands, ocean currents, and wind. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as explanatory notes and a legend indicating such elements as a fresh breeze, a light breeze, and a very light breeze. With the seal of the United States Hydrographical Office. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by M.F. Maury in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the southern district of New York.” Color lithograph. All together, chart is 180 x 244 cm, on eight double sheets, together 184 x 260 cm. Maury, M.F. Wind and current charts of the Atlantic. Wash. 1852 x 53 fol. Atlas factice. Bound in black cloth with leather corners and spine. Gilt spine title. With seal on front cover: Maury Atlanterhavet. Handwritten title pasted onto front cover. The charts within the volume were published by the U.S. Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D.C., 1852-1854. The atlas was compiled at a later date, accounting for the inconsistent pagination. First two pages stamped with the seal of the The Royal Danish Chart Archive: “Det Kongelige Danske Søkort Arkiv”. Atlas comprised of 39 hydrographic charts representing the Atlantic Ocean. Charts show place names, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands, ocean currents, water temperature, wind, and regions frequented by sperm and right whales. The charts were produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury, then serving as Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, under the auspices of the U.S. Hydrographic Office. The charts incorporate data that Maury initially compiled from ships' logs stored at the Navy's Depot of Charts and Instruments, which later became the Naval Observatory. Maury then obtained massive amounts of navigational, hydrographic, and meteorological data from the recent voyages of Navy and commercial ships, whose officers submitted the information on specially designed abstract logs ...