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Maury's wind and current chart [cartographic material] : South Pacific / drawn by Lardner Gibbon, P.M. U.S.N.

Maury's wind and current chart [cartographic material] : South Pacific / drawn by Lardner Gibbon, P.M. U.S.N.

Call Number:
11cfk 1850A-2  (Request the physical item to view in our reading room)
Alternate Title:
Wind and current chart, South Pacific
Creator: Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
Language:
English
Date: 1852-[1859?]
Publisher: United States Hydrographical Office,
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Oceania
Winds--Oceania--Charts, diagrams, etc
Ocean currents--Oceania--Charts, diagrams, etc
Trade routes--Oceania--Charts, diagrams, etc
Shipping--North Pacific Ocean--Charts, diagrams, etc
South Pacific Ocean--Charts, diagrams, etc
Gibbon, Lardner
Stuart, Oliver J
Wells, C. H
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Wind and current charts
United States. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
United States. Hydrographic Office
United States Naval Observatory
Sherman & Smith
Genre:
Nautical charts
Type of Resource:
cartographic
Description:
"[Engraved by] Oliver J. Stuart. N.Y."--Sheet 8, lower right margin.
"Eng. by Sherman & Smith N.Y."--Sheet 10, lower right margin.
Shows prevailing wind direction by month.
Similar wind and current charts of other oceans compiled from materials in the Bur
Physical Description:
1 map on 4 sheets : col. ; sheets 95 x 67 cm.
Scale:
Scale not given ;
Folder:
BRBL_00767
Volume/Enumeration:
Copy 1
Sheets 5, 8-10
Rights:
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Curatorial Area: Beinecke Library
Catalog Record:
A record for this resource appears in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Extent of Digitization:
Complete work digitized.
Source Digital Format:
High Resolution (image/tiff)
Object ID: 15833009
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