AGSL GeoDiscovery

Monsoon & trade wind chart of the Indian Ocean

Alternative Title:

Wind and current charts, Monsoon and trade wind chart of the Indian Ocean, and Indian Ocean

Description:

by M.F. Maury, L.L.D. Comr. U.S.N., Superintendent of U.S.N. Observatory, ; compiled by Lieuts. J.J. Guthrie ... [et al.] ; and projected by Lt. R.L. May from materials in the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, Captain D.N. Ingraham, Chief of the Bureau.

"Series B."

Explanation dated "January 1860."

The trade wind charts were released as series B a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. Two sheets were produced, one for the Atlantic and the other for the Indian Ocean. 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.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/nw366jk3408

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/nw366jk3408 and 2009575919

Language:

eng

Creator:

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, 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:

Monsoons, Trade winds, Winds, and Nautical charts

Theme:

Imagery

Date Issued:

1859 [i.e. 1860]

Spatial Coverage:

Indian 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