AGSL GeoDiscovery

Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean

Alternative Title:

Current Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean - July Covering the track of low-powered steamers between the straits of Florida and the English channel

Description:

Prepared from data furnished by the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department and by the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture.

Shows wind roses and current directions.

Combat areas outlined in red.

Includes 2 insets; current chart on verso.

Charts, tables, and legends: Explanation of Symbols; U.S. storm warnings [explaining flags]; key to the July storm tracks of the north Atlantic Ocean; Equator crossings for sailing passages in the Pacific Ocean ; Storm signals; maximum drif.

Text under headings: Ocean weather observation stations; The Hydrographic Office and the Merchant Marine; Naval Radio direction-finder station, Sandy Hook N.J.; average conditinos of wind and weather over the North Atlantic Ocean during July; North Atlantic lane routes - Canada/United States ; Note to observers ; [H.O.] Office publications obtainable at the Panama Canal; Errors of U.S. Naval observatory time signals; Ocean currents; Currents of the Atlantic Ocean; the Gulf Stream ; Plan of current chart.

"This chart should not be used for navigational purposes."

No. 1400.

0001

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xh400bs8990

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xh400bs8990

Language:

eng

Creator:

United States, Hydrographic Office.

Publisher:

U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Nautical charts

Subject:

Nautical charts, Ocean currents, and Winds

Theme:

Imagery

Date Issued:

1945

Spatial Coverage:

North Atlantic 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