Whale chart [map] : preliminary sketch / by M.F. Maury, A.M. Lieut., U.S. Navy ; constructed by Lts. Leigh. Herndon & Fleming & Pd. Midn. Jackson.

Author
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : National Observatory, 1851 (N. York : Lith. of Wm. Endicott & Co.)
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:80,000,000] (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map ; 60 x 94 cm.

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.7023 D Alcove 13, Drawer 16 Browse related items Reading Room Request
    Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.7024 D Alcove 13, Drawer 16 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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      Getty AAT genre
      Series
      [Maury map collection ; ser. F1]
      Notes
      • Shows whale fishing locations for four species by season.
      • Relief shown pictorially.
      • "Published at the National Observatory by authority of Commo. L. Warrington, Chief Bureau of Ordnance & Hydrography."
      • "Series F."
      • The whale chart was released as series F a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. For complete discussion, 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.
      • Includes notes.
      • In upper left margin: 78.
      LCCN
      2009575916
      OCLC
      666700445
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