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Wind and current chart of the South Atlantic
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- Creator
- by M.F. Maury, L.L.D.U.S. Navy, Superindt. of U.S.N. Observatory, Washington ; compiled from materials in the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
- Other Titles
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- Sheet 2 has title: Maury's wind & current chart : S. Atlantic
- Sheet 4 has title: Maury's wind and current chart, series A : South Atlantic
- Format
- Maps, Atlases
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Washington, D.C.] : United States Hydrographical Office, [1848-1853]
- Physical Details
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- 1 map on 4 sheets : color ; sheets 95 x 67 cm
- OCLC
- ocm65215699
- Cartographic Data
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Scale [ca. 1:5,500,000 at the equator], Mercator projection(W 70°--E 20°/S 0°--S 65°).
- Does not cover the southeastern Atlantic south of latitude 40° S.
- "Drawn by Passed Mid. Wm. G. Temple, U.S.N. Tracks projected by Prof. Wm. Flye, U.S.N. Eng. by Sherman & Smith. N.Y."--Sheet 3, lower margin.
- Originally intended to be complete in 6 sheets. Sheets 5 and 6, covering the southeastern Atlantic, were not issued.
- "Series A."
- Track chart, released as part of Series A of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. The track charts were designed to illustrate the routes sailed by numerous Navy and merchant vessels. Directions of currents encountered and the force and direction of winds were included for each track. 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.