Wind and current chart of the North Atlantic / by M.F. Maury, A.M. Lieut. U.S. Navy
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- Created Date
- 1850
- Description
Series A, sheet 1, 3rd ed.
A series of hydrographic charts for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury under the auspices of the U.S. Hydrographic Office. The charts incorporated data which Maury initially compiled from ships' logs stored at the Navy's Depot of Charts and Instruments (which later became the Naval Observatory). Maury then obtained massive amounts of navigational, hydrographic, and meteorological data from the recent voyages of Navy and commercial ships whose officers submitted the information on specially designed abstract logs created by Maury in return for free copies of the Wind and current charts. Six types of charts were produced: Series A, Track charts; Series B, Trade wind charts; Series C, Pilot charts; Series D, Thermal charts; Series E, Storm and rain charts; and Series F, Whale charts. For a comprehensive discussion of the series and listing of all charts known to have been produced, see "The wind and current chart series produced by Matthew Fontaine
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- Creator
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- Maury wind and current charts
American Geographical Society Library - Maps
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection - Publisher
- United States. Hydrographic Office
- Subjects
- Nautical charts
Ocean travel--Maps
Winds--Maps
Ocean currents--Maps
Marine meteorology--Maps
Whales--Maps - Type
- image
- Language
- English
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
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- Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Wind and current chart of the North Atlantic / by M.F. Maury, A.M. Lieut. U.S. Navy. 1850. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1483. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, (1850) Wind and current chart of the North Atlantic / by M.F. Maury, A.M. Lieut. U.S. Navy. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1483
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- Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1483>.