Whale chart preliminary sketch

Description:

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.

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/7673680

Identifier:

ark:/88435/ng451m04p

Language:

eng

Creator:

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873

Publisher:

Washington, D.C. : National Observatory, 1851 (N. York : Lith. of Wm. Endicott & Co.)

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Whales—Maps, Whaling—Maps, Sperm whale—Maps, Right whales—Maps, Thematic maps—1851, and World maps—1851

Access Rights:

Public