Pilot chart of the North Atlantic / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D., Lieut. U.S. Navy
Pilot Charts Series C A series of hydrographic charts for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury under the auspices of the U.S. Hydrographic Office. The charts incorporated data which Maury initially compiled from ships' logs stored at the Navy's Depot...
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ftunivwislib:oai:collections.lib.uwm.edu:agdm/1753 2023-05-15T17:33:41+02:00 Pilot chart of the North Atlantic / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D., Lieut. U.S. Navy Maury's wind and current charts 1852 Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 1852 1 map : some color 90 x 62 cm. or smaller and 61 x 93 cm. image/tif; Image/jp2 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1753 English eng United States. Hydrographic Office; United States. Depot of Charts and Instruments; United States Naval Observatory American Geographical Society Library - Maps American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection (AGS) (RARE) 700 A-Var Maury Charts am003613 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1753 https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/ Nautical charts Still Image 1852 ftunivwislib 2022-11-26T16:43:23Z Pilot Charts Series C A series of hydrographic charts for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury under the auspices of the U.S. Hydrographic Office. The charts incorporated data which 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 created by Maury in return for free copies of the Wind and current charts. Six types of charts were produced: Series A, Track charts; Series B, Trade wind charts; Series C, Pilot charts; Series D, Thermal charts; Series E, Storm and rain charts; and Series F, Whale charts. For a comprehensive discussion of the series and listing of all charts known to have been produced, see "The wind and current chart series produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury," by Marc I. Pinsel, in Navigation : Journal of the Institute of Navigation, v. 28, no. 2 (Summer, 1981), p. 123-137. Title supplied by cataloger. Insignia of the U.S. Hydrographical Office appears on most of the charts. AGSL Finding aid: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/maury.pdf Still Image North Atlantic University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: UWM Libraries Digital Collections Pacific Indian |
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Pilot Charts Series C A series of hydrographic charts for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury under the auspices of the U.S. Hydrographic Office. The charts incorporated data which 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 created by Maury in return for free copies of the Wind and current charts. Six types of charts were produced: Series A, Track charts; Series B, Trade wind charts; Series C, Pilot charts; Series D, Thermal charts; Series E, Storm and rain charts; and Series F, Whale charts. For a comprehensive discussion of the series and listing of all charts known to have been produced, see "The wind and current chart series produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury," by Marc I. Pinsel, in Navigation : Journal of the Institute of Navigation, v. 28, no. 2 (Summer, 1981), p. 123-137. Title supplied by cataloger. Insignia of the U.S. Hydrographical Office appears on most of the charts. AGSL Finding aid: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/maury.pdf |
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Pilot chart of the North Atlantic / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D., Lieut. U.S. Navy |
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Pilot chart of the North Atlantic / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D., Lieut. U.S. Navy |
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Pilot chart of the North Atlantic / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D., Lieut. U.S. Navy |
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Pilot chart of the North Atlantic / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D., Lieut. U.S. Navy |
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Pilot chart of the North Atlantic / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D., Lieut. U.S. Navy |
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pilot chart of the north atlantic / by m.f. maury, l.l.d., lieut. u.s. navy |
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United States. Hydrographic Office; United States. Depot of Charts and Instruments; United States Naval Observatory |
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