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Wind and current chart of the North Pacific

Alternative Title:

Maury's wind & current chart, North Pacific, Maury's wind and current chart, North Pacific, North Pacific, and Wind and current chart, North Pacific

Description:

by M.F. Maury, A.M. Lieut. U.S. Navy, Superint'dt. of U.S.N. Observatory ; compiled from materials in the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, Commodore Lewis Warrington ; drawn by P.M. Lardner Gibbon, U.S.N. ; tracks projected by Lieut. A.W. Johnson, U.S. Navy.

Shows prevailing wind direction by month.

Title, author statement, and first date of publication from sheet 5.

Various eds. of some sheets with updated and additional information.

Sheets 2-5 and 10-11 drawn by Lardner Gibbon. Sheets 7-8 drawn by B.S. Porter. Sheet 9 drawn by T.S. Fillebrown.

Tracks projected on sheets 2-5 by A.W. Johnson; on sheet 6 by B.S. Porter, R. Aulick, and O.C. Badger.

"Lith. of J. Bien, 180 Broadway N.Y."--Sheets 6 and 10, lower right margin.

"Series A."

Track chart, released as Series A a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. The track charts were designed to illustrate the routes sailed by numerous Navy and merchant vessels. Directions of currents encountered and the force and direction of winds were included for each track. 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.

Complete in 10 sheets; sheets numbered 2 through 11.

Sheets individually numbered, e.g.: No. 2. Series A (sheets 2-5 and 10-11) or Series A. No. 6 (sheets 6-9); Some sheets numbered in upper left margin, e.g.: 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59.

Includes notes.

Copy imperfect: All sheets fold lined, with some tears along fold-line. Sheet 4 discoloration throughout, mounted on cloth backing.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/nq887zd8733

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/nq887zd8733 and 2010586386

Language:

eng

Creator:

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, Fillebrown, Thomas Scott, 1834-1884, Bien, Julius, 1826-1909, United States, Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography., and United States, Hydrographic Office.

Publisher:

United States Hydrographical Office

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Nautical charts, Winds, Ocean currents, Trade routes, and Shipping

Theme:

Imagery

Date Issued:

1849-[1856?]

Spatial Coverage:

North Pacific Ocean

Rights:

Image from the Map Collections courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections at brannerlibrary@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false