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Title: Whale Chart of the World

Contributors:

Alternate titles

  • Whale chart of the world / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D. Lieut. U.S. Navy, superin'dt. of U.S.N. Observatory ; compiled from materials in the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography by P.M.A.C. Jackson.

Dates

  • Issued: 1852
  • Coverage: 1852
  • Coverage: 1852 to 1852

Summary

2 maps ; 65 x 93 cm

Shows geographical locations of sperm and right whales.

"Series F."

The whale chart was released as series F a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. 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.

Includes text, "Diagram for Explanation," table, and note.

Subjects

  • Whales Maps.
  • Sperm whale Maps.
  • Right whales Maps.
  • Ocean Maps.
  • Ocean. fast (OCoLC)fst01043442
  • Right whales. fast (OCoLC)fst01097937
  • Sperm whale. fast (OCoLC)fst01129563
  • Whales. fast (OCoLC)fst01174266
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Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-169.9,-7.2,83.1,36.2)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • This map is in the public domain.

Citation

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Wind and current charts., United States. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, United States. Hydrographic Office. Whale Chart of the World. Thematic maps. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-013670634/39015091197270

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng