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Wind and current chart of the North Atlantic

Alternative Title:

Maury's wind & current chart : thermal sheet, North Atlantic, and Thermal sheet

Description:

by M.F. Maury, L.L.D. Lieut. U.S. Navy, Superint'dt. of U.S.N. Observatory ; compiled from materials in the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, Commodore Charles Morris, Chief of Bureau ; drawn by Lt. Benjn. S. Gantt, U.S.N.

Shows temperature of the water at the surface by month.

Sheets individually numbered, e.g.: Thermal sheet no. 1 series D.

"Series D."

Thermal charts were released as series D a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. 12 sheets were published, 8 for the North Atlantic and 4 for the South Atlantic. Charts for the Pacific were initiated, but never printed. Maury's intent was to furnish mariners with data relating to currents and the circulation of the oceans, and to furnish scientists with locations of cold and warm currents and climatic anomalies. 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.

Each sheet numbered in upper left margin, e.g.: 14, 15, etc. through 21

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zj353cp8419

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zj353cp8419

Language:

eng

Creator:

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, Gantt, Benjamin S, -1852, 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:

Ocean temperature and Nautical charts

Theme:

Imagery

Date Issued:

1852

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