Great circle sailing chart of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Annotated by Charles A. Lindbergh to show his great circle route for his New York to Paris flight in 1927. In lower right margin: No. 1280. "Small corrections . X'26." "Used in laying out Great Circle course for New York to Paris flight. San Diego, Calif. 1927. C.A.L." -- ha...
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ftunivwislib:oai:collections.lib.uwm.edu:agdm/861 2023-05-15T17:30:07+02:00 Great circle sailing chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. Lindbergh Chart of the Great circle sailing chart of the North Atlantic Ocean 1926 United States. Hydrographic Office 1926 1 map : color, annotated 64 x 96 cm, on sheet 74 x 101 cm. image/tif; Image/jp2 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/861 English eng United States. Hydrographic Office American Geographical Society Library - Maps American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection (AGS) (RARE) 711 A-1926 (Framed) am007839 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/861 https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/ Lindbergh Charles A. (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974 Great-circle sailing--North Atlantic Ocean--Maps Transatlantic flights--Maps cartographic image Still Image 1926 ftunivwislib 2022-11-26T16:43:05Z Annotated by Charles A. Lindbergh to show his great circle route for his New York to Paris flight in 1927. In lower right margin: No. 1280. "Small corrections . X'26." "Used in laying out Great Circle course for New York to Paris flight. San Diego, Calif. 1927. C.A.L." -- handwritten in lower right corner. Indexed in: Manuscript and annotated maps in the American Geographical Society Library: a cartobibliography. Charles Lindbergh (1902–74) was the American aviator who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21–22, 1927. This is the chart with the gnomonic projection that he referred to as the “nugget of gold” that he found in a shop in San Pedro, California, while preparing for his transatlantic flight. It was this chart that enabled Lindbergh to determine quickly and accurately the great circle latitudes and longitudes as he plotted his course. The annotation on the map reads, “Used in laying out Great Circle Course for New York to Paris flight. San Diego, Calif. 1927. C.A.L.” In his 1953 book, The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh described his use of this map: “My navigating problems have begun to clarify. I found, printed on the charts I bought, ample instructions for laying out my great-circle route. With the instruments Hall loaned me, I drew a straight line between New York and Paris on the gnomonic projection. Then I transferred points from that line, at hundred-mile intervals, to the Mercator’s projection, and connected these points with straight lines. At each point, I mark down the distance from New York and the magnetic course to the next change in angle.” WDL Color Still Image North Atlantic University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: UWM Libraries Digital Collections St. Louis ENVELOPE(-67.496,-67.496,-67.132,-67.132) |
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Annotated by Charles A. Lindbergh to show his great circle route for his New York to Paris flight in 1927. In lower right margin: No. 1280. "Small corrections . X'26." "Used in laying out Great Circle course for New York to Paris flight. San Diego, Calif. 1927. C.A.L." -- handwritten in lower right corner. Indexed in: Manuscript and annotated maps in the American Geographical Society Library: a cartobibliography. Charles Lindbergh (1902–74) was the American aviator who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21–22, 1927. This is the chart with the gnomonic projection that he referred to as the “nugget of gold” that he found in a shop in San Pedro, California, while preparing for his transatlantic flight. It was this chart that enabled Lindbergh to determine quickly and accurately the great circle latitudes and longitudes as he plotted his course. The annotation on the map reads, “Used in laying out Great Circle Course for New York to Paris flight. San Diego, Calif. 1927. C.A.L.” In his 1953 book, The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh described his use of this map: “My navigating problems have begun to clarify. I found, printed on the charts I bought, ample instructions for laying out my great-circle route. With the instruments Hall loaned me, I drew a straight line between New York and Paris on the gnomonic projection. Then I transferred points from that line, at hundred-mile intervals, to the Mercator’s projection, and connected these points with straight lines. At each point, I mark down the distance from New York and the magnetic course to the next change in angle.” WDL Color |
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Great circle sailing chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. |
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Great circle sailing chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. |
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Great circle sailing chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. |
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Great circle sailing chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. |
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Great circle sailing chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. |
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great circle sailing chart of the north atlantic ocean. |
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United States. Hydrographic Office |
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1926 |
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