(Composite Map to) Pilot chart of the North Atlantic : Series C. 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 Charles Morris, Chief of Bureau. 1853. 2nd. Edition; enlarged and improved with data co-ordinated by J.M. Brooke, Passed Midn. U.S. Navy. Eng. by D. McClelland, Washn. D.C.

• Main Authors: Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, Morris, Charles, 1784-1856, Brooke, John M. (John Mercer), 1826-1906, McClelland, D. (David), 1820-1899
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department 1853
• Subjects: Nautical Charts; Weather; Data Visualization; North Atlantic
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Composite nautical chart representing the North Atlantic Ocean. In two consecutive sheets. Appears as a series of circles inside a grid of latitudinal and longitudinal lines indicating the geographic placement of the circles. Numbers in the circles signify wind throughout each month of the year, as well as the total wind for each season. Includes explanatory notes and two diagrams. Diagram A explains how to interpret the numerical data within the circles. Diagram B presents a paper tool as an aid for reading the chart. With the seal of the United States Hydrographical Office. Black and white lithograph. All together, chart is 88 x 124 cm, on two double sheets, together, 92 x 130 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 ...